UID:
edocfu_9959227854802883
Format:
1 online resource (253 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-028523-0
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0-19-773984-9
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1-280-47293-6
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0-19-535101-0
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1-4237-6116-2
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This is a critical biography of the biblical figure of David, concluding that he was a real person and an important historical figure. However this reading of the biblical text concludes that he was a very different figure to that popularly supposed.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2000.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction: Images: The Need for a Biography of David; 1 Was There a King David?: Extrabiblical Sources; 2 Royal Propaganda: The Bible's Account of David's Life; 3 Was David a Shepherd?: David's Origins and Youth; 4 Who Killed Whom?: The Goliath Story and David's Career as a Soldier in Saul's Army; 5 Holy Terrorist: David and His Outlaw Band; 6 Assassin: David's Reign as King of Judah; 7 The Cost of Kingship: The Policies and Changes of David's Administration; 8 Like Father, Like Son: The Bathsheba Affair and Absalom's Revolt
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9 Poetic Justice: The Last Days of King David10 Finished Portrait: A Synopsis; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-514708-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-513273-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195132731.001.0001
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