Judges-1 Samuel: Israel’s Choice From God-Rule to Human-Rule

Good, concise, clear introduction to three historical books in the Old Testament. Dr. Stuart's juxtapositioning of Judges and Ruth in one lecture is novel to me and inspires me to find interesting lessons of contrast between them. (I was wondering, that perhaps is why God inspired the writing of these two books to be included in the Hebrew Canon.) I also concur with Dr. Stuart's idea that 1 Samuel teaches us many lessons about character, and hence leadership, development. I had thought of the book this way many years ago while reading "Mentoring Paradigms". Definitely a course to be recommended.

Enjoyed this course as an overview of Judges through 1 Samuel. Low key and interesting as reminder of that period of Israel’s history.

IT ENCOURAGES ME TO LOOK MORE DEEPLY INTO SAMUEL AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE BIBLE. I FOUND THE LECTURER WELL VERSED AND INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO. THANK YOU

This course went so well with my Old Testament reading plan right now and deepened my level of understanding! I enjoyed every aspect from the devotionals to the PDF lessons to the audio and the transcripts, and the listening guides.

This subject is just as exciting and compelling each time I hear it as the first time I heard it as a child. Dr. Stuart is a great lecturer and I do enjoyed taking his courses. Thank you.

I do love the lessons, It is very good to understand. God Bless

An excellent course!

Excellent.

I appreciate the organization of these courses and I have learned so much about topics I felt like I had studied well before!

I have to say that I have really enjoyed this course, because of how interesting the diverse characters have been. I had all these books read in a short amount of time, and have learned details that have caused the biblical chronology of events to make more sense in how they fit in. Thank you for this wonderful course. I'm looking forward to 2 Samuel now :)

For an intermediate course, it was great. I always learned something which is the objective. Also, it makes me think hard about my own life.

The course helped me to revisit the book of 1 Samuel and consider the main themes and lessons from the history. The lectures and notes were both academic and devotional. They were very helpful for me to understand the book.

An excellent tool to understand the Old Testament - excellent summary.

Love the overview!

These overview courses are great - plenty of gems to be found.

Good summary of the book of Judges and 1 Samuel.

Thank you for offering this course and accessible for us. Really appreciate how I think you made things easier and understandable. I love that you recognize ACSI. The subscription part is the way to do it and much cheaper! Thank you again!

The course was insightful and beneficial.

Sometimes reading Samuel's books seems long and hard to comprehend but this course brought clearer understanding to what had happened in those times and to characters like Samuel, Saul and David. Also, how the declining spirit of Saul failed him as king and was giving to the one whose heart was like the Lord’s, to David.

I really appreciate these courses! Thank you!

Excellent

I appreciate that it's continually pointed out in the lessons that the lives of these people in the Bible are examples for us to learn from. Some are positive and some are negative. This is discussed and is helpful in my Christian walk.

Excellent introduction to the books Judges through 1st Samuel.

Great comprehensive study of the OT Books of Judges and 1 Samuel.