Hannah's Prayer
DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
OT NARRATIVE LITERATURE:
1 Samuel 1:1-28
BIBLE STUDY SUBMITTED TO
DR. BLACKABY
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
APPLIED HERMENUTICS
THEO 5313 01
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP
BY
Glenda Juarez
DALLAS, TEXAS February 19, 2013
Outline for the bible study * Introduction * Context of the Bible Study * Literary Context * Historical Context * Characters * Content of the Bible Study * Exegetical Notes * Theological Principles * Application of the Bible Study * Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
1 Samuel is one the two books that have his name, the firsts chapters describes event as his birth, his childhood, his calling and develops his important place in history as a prophet to introduce people like Saul and David that will mark the history of Israel in such a great way. We are focusing on the first chapter of 1 Samuel, which shows us the background of Samuel’s birth through his father Elkanah and his mother Hannah.
Scholars agree that is not revealed with precision the author of 1 and 2 Samuel, but according to the Scriptures is believed that the prophets Samuel, Nathan and Gad were authors of these wonderful events in the history of the Bible.
Samuel became a man of God used for his glory, but before this happened, he was consecrated by his mother Hannah, a woman of God and faith. This first chapter will help us to learn from each character in this passage and to apply principles and to give steps of faith in our own lives.
CONTEXT OF THE BIBLE STUDY
Literary Context: * The first chapter of 1 Samuel opens the introduction of a family, of a woman who is added to the list of many other women in the Bible that could not have children. The main character in this chapter is Hannah, a woman deeply broken for not having children. * The first chapter of 1 Samuel follows Judges. “The last chapters of the book of Judges, with their refrain, there
OT NARRATIVE LITERATURE:
1 Samuel 1:1-28
BIBLE STUDY SUBMITTED TO
DR. BLACKABY
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
APPLIED HERMENUTICS
THEO 5313 01
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP
BY
Glenda Juarez
DALLAS, TEXAS February 19, 2013
Outline for the bible study * Introduction * Context of the Bible Study * Literary Context * Historical Context * Characters * Content of the Bible Study * Exegetical Notes * Theological Principles * Application of the Bible Study * Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
1 Samuel is one the two books that have his name, the firsts chapters describes event as his birth, his childhood, his calling and develops his important place in history as a prophet to introduce people like Saul and David that will mark the history of Israel in such a great way. We are focusing on the first chapter of 1 Samuel, which shows us the background of Samuel’s birth through his father Elkanah and his mother Hannah.
Scholars agree that is not revealed with precision the author of 1 and 2 Samuel, but according to the Scriptures is believed that the prophets Samuel, Nathan and Gad were authors of these wonderful events in the history of the Bible.
Samuel became a man of God used for his glory, but before this happened, he was consecrated by his mother Hannah, a woman of God and faith. This first chapter will help us to learn from each character in this passage and to apply principles and to give steps of faith in our own lives.
CONTEXT OF THE BIBLE STUDY
Literary Context: * The first chapter of 1 Samuel opens the introduction of a family, of a woman who is added to the list of many other women in the Bible that could not have children. The main character in this chapter is Hannah, a woman deeply broken for not having children. * The first chapter of 1 Samuel follows Judges. “The last chapters of the book of Judges, with their refrain, there
Bibliography: 2. Toshio Tsumura, David The First Book of SAMUEL (Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2007) 3 4. Cartledge, Tony W. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary 1 & 2 Samuel (Georgia: Smyth & Helwys, 2001) 5 [ 4 ]. David Toshio Tsumura The First Book of SAMUEL (Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2007), 34 [ 5 ] [ 6 ]. George Arthur Buttrick et al., The Interpreter’s Bible The Holy Scriptures (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1953), 876 [ 7 ] [ 8 ]. Tony W. Cartledge Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary 1 & 2 Samuel (Georgia: Smyth & Helwys, 2001), 27 [ 9 ]