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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Throughout the Old Testament there has been no more popular
name, no more beloved figure, no greater icon than King David. Through the
millennia he has been portrayed as a boy who defeated a mighty giant,
a pious and humble man, a goodly king whose heart was with the Lord, a
monarch who composed lyrical poetry and divine music, a leader who inspired
love and devotion from the people of Israel, and a model ruler against whom
all other monarchs are to be measured.
King David Versus Israel creates a
different and altogether fascinating and thrilling portrait of the man. Gary
Greenberg shows King David for what he really was—deceitful
and corrupt, a traitor to Israel, a widely despised tyrant who lacked for
justice, and a murderer. From the slaughter of seven sons of Saul, whom he
hung, and the death of Goliath, who he did not slay, to the murder of one of
his most loyal lieutenants, whose wife he seduced, he was not the man that
history embraced. Biblical scholars have long noted that the
biblical accounts of King David contain a good deal of material that appears
defensive in nature, an attempt to refute scandalous charges. They refer to
these passages as "apologetics". They have also noted that a number of parts
of the story appear to be out of chronological order. In this
detailed study of David's history, Greenberg digs deeply into the biblical
accounts and recovers a long lost history that has been buried between the
lines and below the surface. He examines the various pieces, reconstructs
the proper chronological arrangements, examines the defensive claims, and
recovers the true history of King David, one that has been covered up by
theologians and ignored by many scholars. Follow this
fascinating and often shocking account of King David as Gary Greenberg leads
you through the biblical texts, uncovering one revealing clue after another,
and discover the astonishing truth about one of history's most influential
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