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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-29
Total Pages: 657
ISBN-13: 9004465979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most central figures in monotheistic traditions is King David. The volume takes a new, critical look at the process of biblical creation and exegetical transformation of this character in the intertwined words of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Author: Robert Alter
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2009-10-21
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 0393070255
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A masterpiece of contemporary Bible translation and commentary."—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of 1999 Acclaimed for its masterful new translation and insightful commentary, The David Story is a fresh, vivid rendition of one of the great works in Western literature. Robert Alter's brilliant translation gives us David, the beautiful, musical hero who slays Goliath and, through his struggles with Saul, advances to the kingship of Israel. But this David is also fully human: an ambitious, calculating man who navigates his life's course with a flawed moral vision. The consequences for him, his family, and his nation are tragic and bloody. Historical personage and full-blooded imagining, David is the creation of a literary artist comparable to the Shakespeare of the history plays.
Author: Jonathan Kirsch
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2009-07-22
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 0307567818
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid, King of the Jews, possessed every flaw and failing a mortal is capable of, yet men and women adored him and God showered him with many more blessings than he did Abraham or Moses. His sexual appetite and prowess were matched only by his violence, both on the battlefield and in the bedroom. A charismatic leader, exalted as "a man after God's own heart," he was also capable of deep cunning, deceit, and betrayal. Now, in King David: The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel, bestselling author Jonathan Kirsch reveals this commanding individual in all his glory and fallibility. In a taut, dramatic narrative, Kirsch brings new depth and psychological complexity to the familiar events of David's life--his slaying of the giant Goliath and his swift challenge to the weak rule of Saul, the first Jewish king; his tragic relationship with Saul's son Jonathan, David's cherished friend (and possibly lover); his celebrated reign in Jerusalem, where his dynasty would hold sway for generations. Yet for all his greatness, David was also a man in thrall to his passions--a voracious lover who secured the favors of his beautiful mistress Bathsheba by secretly arranging the death of her innocent husband; a merciless warrior who triumphed through cruelty; a troubled father who failed to protect his daughter from rape and whose beloved son Absalom rose against him in armed insurrection. Weaving together biblical texts with centuries of interpretation and commentary, Jonathan Kirsch brings King David to life in these pages with extraordinary freshness, intimacy, and vividness of detail. At the center of this inspiring narrative stands a hero of flesh and blood--not the cartoon giant-slayer of sermons and Sunday school stories or the immaculate ruler of legend and art but a magnetic, disturbingly familiar man--a man as vibrant and compelling today as he has been for millennia.
Author: Varn Brown
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2016-11-15
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the days of God's first failed Jewish King Saul, he faithfully raised up a man of character, a man after his own heart to lead his people.In Varn Brown's fourth book, The Character Of King David, journey through the life of King David and marvel at the godly character displayed by David the worshipper, the warrior, the father, the man, the covenant man, the mighty man, the king, the anointed, the leader and the intercessor.Inside this book, men and women seeking God's heart, his will and his way are encouraged to more and more: -Cultivate the age-less God character.-Develop the giant slaying faith.-Learn to repent faster.-Pass the character tests of life.-Model God's faithfulness with our own.You will learn re-newed respect for the authorities in your life, live out loyalty that pass the tests of life, grow compassion, self-control, forgiveness, repentance, and leadership. Discover how we can cultivate the same strengths and avoid similar weaknessess in our modern Christian lives.Find out where King David missed it big but bounced back and how we can too. Take the Character Test, so you can pinpoint specific character needs of yourself, new Christians and veterans of the faith. Most of all, discover the pathway to building foundational character and becoming the person God desires you to be, the person your family can be proud of and the person who, inside, you've wanted to be for God.New Christians and veteran Christians alike will discover biblical principles that light a fire to pursue the Great Father God. The Character Of King David helps men and women grow into the people of God who glorify God in all they do. Rooted in Scripture, the book will be an inspiration to any women and men's group or fathers' ministry.
Author: Samuel Ross
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2024-02-19
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 3110669641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Qur’an and the Bible have been called "intertwined scriptures" due to the Qur’an’s frequent invocation of biblical narratives and figures. But what is the history of Muslims’ exegetical engagement with the biblical text? Through a comprehensive survey of more than 170 Qur’an commentaries, Samuel Ross traces the longitudinal history of the Bible in tafsῑr. Offering detailed case studies and rich in historical context, Ross’s narrative culminates in the remarkable late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century biblical turn. Global in scope, this development has not only generated new Muslim views of the Bible but even new interpretations of the Qur’an itself. This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World.
Author: Eric Sarwar
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2023-08-29
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1506491200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor fourteen centuries, a gap of mutual suspicion and hostility has existed between Christians and Muslims, despite attempts to engage theologically, apologetically, polemically, and militarily (such as the Crusades). During the past four decades, increased Islamization in Pakistan has led to blasphemy laws, nationalization of Christian institutions, a state policy of religious and political profiling, and discrimination against followers of Jesus. Historic animosity has resulted in widespread violence and persecution. Amid such an environment, past efforts at reaching Muslims with the gospel have proved ineffective or even detrimental, highlighting a need for a different approach to engaging with Islamic culture. Eric Sarwar's research, experience, and practice have uncovered the valuable and mostly untapped role of the biblical Psalms in fostering peaceful friendship with Muslims. The book of Psalms, called Zabor in Arabic, is a common heritage of divine song that can be used as a point of connection for public witness between Muslims and Christians. Especially in the Pakistani context, Psalms carries vast potential, in terms of both text and musical expression, as a bridge to peacemaking and missional engagement. Yet the book of Psalms has never been a significant part of witness to the Muslim world. Sarwar believes that can change.
Author: David M. Freidenreich
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-01-10
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0520975642
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUncovering the hidden history of Islamophobia and its surprising connections to the long-standing hatred of Jews. Hatred of Jews and hatred of Muslims have been intertwined in Christian thought since the rise of Islam. In Jewish Muslims, David M. Freidenreich explores the history of this complex, perplexing, and emotionally fraught phenomenon. He makes the compelling case that, then and now, hate-mongers target "them" in an effort to define "us." Analyzing anti-Muslim sentiment in texts and images produced across Europe and the Middle East over a thousand years, the author shows how Christians intentionally distorted reality by alleging that Muslims were just like Jews. They did so not only to justify assaults against Muslims on theological grounds but also to motivate fellow believers to live as "good" Christians. The disdain premodern polemicists expressed for Islam and Judaism was never really about these religions. Rather, they sought to promote their own visions of Christianity—a dynamic that similarly animates portrayals of Muslims and Jews today.
Author: David Wolpe
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2014-09-16
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0300210167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOf all the figures in the Bible, David arguably stands out as the most perplexing and enigmatic. He was many things: a warrior who subdued Goliath and the Philistines; a king who united a nation; a poet who created beautiful, sensitive verse; a loyal servant of God who proposed the great Temple and founded the Messianic line; a schemer, deceiver, and adulterer who freely indulged his very human appetites. David Wolpe, whom Newsweek called “the most influential rabbi in America,” takes a fresh look at biblical David in an attempt to find coherence in his seemingly contradictory actions and impulses. The author questions why David holds such an exalted place in history and legend, and then proceeds to unravel his complex character based on information found in the book of Samuel and later literature. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of an exceptional human being who, despite his many flaws, was truly beloved by God.
Author: Athalya Brenner-Idan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2024-01-25
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0567710297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique volume on the Psalms is the final Hebrew Bible installment of the Texts@Contexts series. Each contribution provides a contextual reflection on a Psalm as chosen by the contributor. These contributions take account of the contributor's own personal context or the contexts of those around them, providing readings that are varied in geographical and linguistic scope, that reflect on pressing themes such as immigration, diversity, race, marginalized voices (such as those of adults with learning disabilities) and postcolonialism. Scholars also reflect on their own contexts of research and education. Taken together the contributions to this volume provide a sort of contextual commentary on the Psalms, gathering a wide range of voices and reflecting a diverse range of cultural afterlives of the Psalms.
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2024-06-03
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9004693319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores the ways in which representatives of different monotheistic traditions experienced themselves as “the other” or were perceived and described as such by their contemporaries. This central category – which includes not only those of different religions, but also converts, foreigners, sectarians, and women – is studied from various perspectives in a range of texts composed by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim authors during late antique and mediaeval times. Conceptualizations of such “others” are often intrinsically related to the idea of exile, another important category that is analysed in this work.
