According to recent critics, I-II Samuel is nothing but a compilation of different narratives so unskillfully combined that they may be separated with relative ease. In spite of this ease in distinguishing the different elements, critiquers are not in agreement as to the number of sources, nor as to the souce to which certain passages are to be ascribed. | According to recent critics, I-II Samuel is nothing but a compilation of different narratives so unskillfully combined that they may be separated with relative ease. In spite of this ease in distinguishing the different elements, critiquers are not in agreement as to the number of sources, nor as to the souce to which certain passages are to be ascribed. |