David's truth in Israel's imagination & memory
2002·153 pages
A revised study of David in biblical texts, exploring varied social visions and truths across narratives and poems.
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A revised study of David in biblical texts, exploring varied social visions and truths across narratives and poems.
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"In this completely revised edition of a true classic, Walter Brueggemann examines four different sets of David texts, both narrative and poetic. Each text reflects a particular social context, a particular social vision, and a particular community. Thus these stories and poems offer distinctly different "modes of truth" concerning this pivotal biblical figure. The tribe, the family, the state, and the assembly each brought a different agenda to their portrayals of David.
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Minor references to historical violence in biblical context.
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Central focus on biblical texts and religious themes about David.
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Minor mentions of historical suffering in biblical stories.
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