Walter Brueggemann on 1 and 2 Samuel (1)

Walter Brueggemann, First and Second Samuel, Interpretation (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1990).

This is how Brueggemann outlines 1 and 2 Samuel...

1. The Rise of Samuel (1 Samuel 1–7)
2. The Rule of Saul (1 Samuel 8–15)
3. The Rise of David (1 Samuel 16:1–2 Samuel 5:10)
4. The Reign of David (2 Samuel 5:11–8:18)
5. The Family of David (2 Samuel 9–20)
6. Memories of David (2 Samuel 21–24)

I like this, even if the homiletician in me would have forced the alliteration throughout the scheme… something like: 5. The Relatives of David… 6. The Remembrance of David.