ABSTRACT
Many scholars have contributed to the change, some of them relatively independently. However, even if the essay were not dedicated to John Van Seters, a contribution represented by his substantial quartet of books, starting from Abraham, moving through the Deuteronomistic History, and on to the Yahwist, first in Genesis and then in Exodus–Numbers. There are early allusions within Samuel to Kings. Samuel's warning anticipates words spoken against Davidic Jerusalem by Yahweh's anonymous 'servants the prophets' and also attributed to Jeremiah. Some links between Samuel and Judges may be labelled redactional. G. A. Rendsburg builds on many connections proposed in earlier studies between Genesis and the narratives of the 'United Monarchy', with David and Bathsheba compared variously with Adam and Eve and Joseph and Potiphar's wife. 'Prologue to History' could properly describe Samuel's role vis-a-vis Kings, or Judges' role vis-a-vis them both, or the role of Genesis facing all that follows.
