Von den ersten Königen Israels

This article offers (the first half of) an overview of the last decade of research on the Books of Samuel. It first presents (I.) three recent commentaries, then (II.) three monographs on the textual history, more precisely: on the textual tradition of the Septuagint, and finally (III.) works on the reception history of the Books of Samuel as a whole as well as of their three main characters, Samuel, Saul, and David. (The actual exegetical research will be dealt with in a subsequent article).