David, Saul, and God : rediscovering an ancient story /
The biblical story of King David and his conflict with King Saul (1 and 2 Samuel) is one of the most colorful and perennially popular in the Hebrew Bible. In recent years, this story has attracted a great deal of scholarly attention, much of it devoted to showing that David was a far less heroic cha...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | View Table of contents only |
| Summary: | The biblical story of King David and his conflict with King Saul (1 and 2 Samuel) is one of the most colorful and perennially popular in the Hebrew Bible. In recent years, this story has attracted a great deal of scholarly attention, much of it devoted to showing that David was a far less heroic character than appears on the surface. Borgman concludes with a comparison with Homer's storytelling technique, demonstrating that the David story is indeed a masterpiece and David (as Baruch Halpern has said) "the first truly modern human." -- from publisher description |
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| Physical Description: | x, 335 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-319) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780195331608 (alk. paper) 0195331605 (alk. paper) |