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EPISODE · May 22, 2016 · 24 MIN

1.31 Samuel and the Tragedy of King Saul

from History in the Bible · host Garry Stevens

King Saul becomes king of the Israelites, in four different ways. Samuel moves from being the last judge to the first prophet. I take the opportunity to introduce the Hebrew prophets, showing they were not fortune-tellers and sooth-sayers. They responded to political crises, and spoke about the here and now.  

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