Polemics of Sefer Shmuel

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This course is divided into two parts. The first collects and collates numerous examples of violations of the plain literal sense of Torah law in the book of Samuel. This list is narrowed to cases where the perpetrator or narrator seems to be unaware of the fact that a violation has taken place. This requires explanation in light of the revelation at Sinai which predates these narratives by hundreds of years. If not the characters in these books, then at least the narrator should have been aware of Torah law.