Introduction
Date and context in Bede's Oeuvre
1 Samuel : canonical context and narrative content
Patristic sources and biblical versions
Exegetical method
The historical context for the composition of On First Samuel
Acca of Hexham and 1 Samuel
Themes in On First Samuel
Bede's Latin prose style in On First Samuel
Editions of On First Samuel and the present translation
Bede, On First Samuel
Chapter headings
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Appendix 1 : notes on textual emendations
Appendix 2 : interpolations in book 4.