Samuel the Prophet

by F.B. Meyer

Excerpt from Samuel the Prophet

The study of Samuel the Prophet is specially helpful to those who are called to live amid Time's loud stun ning tide. He was no recluse, dwelling apart in dreamy mysticism. Both as statesman and politician in the best sense, he was called upon to play a great part in his people's history. He was a king-maker and a king breaker. What Bernard of Clairvaux was to the Middle Ages, that, but without his faults, Samuel was in early Hebrew history.

193 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

Reviews

[Sam]

An exceptional read on Israel's Kingmaker & Kingbreaker.

[Tricia Adams · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book. I still wish I'd liked it, since I spent so much of my time trying to finish the darn thing. I was initially excited to read it, with the expectation that it would be full of insightful exposition of the biblical text, but instead the book read more like it was the colorful musings of what the author thought these people were thinking and feeling. While many of his insights were touching, and sometimes helpful, the bulk were a stretch of the imagination. And sometimes, they were way out of line with anything that could be considered biblical.

I did not come away from this book with a deeper understanding of scripture, which is a shame.

[Peter Belmont · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our Lord Jesus Christ Lives

[Jennifer Bowers · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book should really be entitled "Saul" but I guess one doesn't write biblical commentaries centered around the bad guys. But honestly, once Saul comes into the picture, Samuel gets short shrift in this book!