In fact, the book of Samuel is for this reason taught in the elementary level in many Hebrew schools. This translation and commentary multiplies the enjoyment.

While the events in the Book of Samuel occurred over 3,000 year ago; Halbertal and Holmes astutely write how these events are similar to all politics and monarchies that have since followed.

While Samuel’s feature film debut “The Harder They Fall” centered Black talent and characters in the Western genre, “The Book of Clarence” takes us back thousands of years to biblical times.

Samuel is aware that “The Book of Clarence’s” premise is audacious. (“The church people began clutching their pearls when they watched the teaser,” he says with a laugh.) ...