Books of Samuel: Difference between revisions

The Books of Samuel are considered to be based on both historical and legendary sources, primarily serving to fill the gap in Israelite history after the events described in [[Deuteronomy]]. The battles involving the destruction of the Canaanites are not supported by archaeological record, and it is now widely believed that the Israelites themselves originated as a sub-group of [[Canaanites]].<ref name="Tubb 1998 13–14">{{harvnb|Tubb|1998|pp=13–14}}</ref><ref name=mcnutt47>McNutt 1999, p. 47.</ref><ref>K. L. Noll, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2rnyjxLHy-QC&pg=PA164 ''Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction,''] A&C Black, 2001 p. 164:‘It would seems that in the eyes of Merneptah’s artisans, Israel was a Canaanite group indistinguishable from all other Canaanite groups.’ ‘It is likely that Merneptah’s Israel was a group of Canaanites located in the Jezreel Valley.’</ref> The Books of Samuel exhibit too many [[anachronisms]] to have been compiled in the 11th century BCE.<ref name="isbn0-691-00086-7">{{cite book |last=Redford |first=Donald B. |title=Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in ancient times|url=https://archive.org/details/egyptcanaanisrae00redf |url-access=registration |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |year=1992 |page=[https://archive.org/details/egyptcanaanisrae00redf/page/305 305] |isbn=978-0691000862}}</ref>