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Baden, Joel

 
9780062188311: The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero
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ISBN 10: 0062188313 ISBN 13: 9780062188311
Casa editrice: Harperone, 2013

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Challenging popular beliefs about the legend of King David, the founder of the nation of Israel, this thought-provoking volume delves deep beneath the biblical stories to reveal a man who was not a glorious leader, but a man who clawed his way to the top and struggled to stay there. 25,000 first printing.

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Joel S. Baden is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Yale Divinity School and the author of several works on the Hebrew Bible, including J, E, and the Redaction of the Pentateuch; The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis; and The Promise to the Patriarchs. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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David is one of the most celebrated characters in the Bible. We know him as the brave young man who defeated Goliath, the first king of a united Israel, the composer of the beloved Psalms, and, for Christians, the messianic forerunner to Jesus. And yet for all the glory we attribute to David's legend, the historical reality is both fascinating and disturbing.

In The Historical David, Joel Baden reveals that, in David's case, the Bible is political spin, "the goal of which is to absolve David of any potential guilt and to show him in a positive light." Through deep textual analysis, Baden reveals how the historical David has been painstakingly and successfully diminished, replaced by the portrait of a glorious king we are now familiar with.

To question David's legend opens up a debate about what it means to be a descendant of David—be it nationally, ethnically, or religiously. In The Historical David, Baden confronts this challenge, bringing the historical David vibrantly to life, and ultimately revealing that the flesh-and-blood man was far more complex and interesting than the mythical king.

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Editore
Harperone
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0062188313
ISBN 13 
9780062188311
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
310
Contatto del produttore
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