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Part II — Joshua to Revelation (1898)
Books of Samuel
Stanton follows the women around Israel's first kings: Hannah bargaining with the Lord for a son, Michal traded between men and punished for her scorn, Abigail's cool-headed diplomacy — the committee's favorite kind of Bible woman — and the so-called Witch of Endor, whom Stanton defends as a woman of kindness and skill maligned by translators.
Hannah's prayer and Samuel's birthMichal, who loved and despised DavidAbigail, the diplomat of CarmelThe Witch of Endor