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ISBN: 9780345435057

Book Title: King David : the Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Item Length: 8.2 in

Publication Year: 2001

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.9 in

Author: Jonathan Kirsch

Features: Reprint

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Religion

Topic: Religious, Biblical Biography / Old Testament, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament

Item Weight: 13.6 Oz

Item Width: 5.5 in

Number of Pages: 400 Pages

King David: The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel (Ballantine Reader’ – GOOD

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David, King of the Jews, possessed every flaw and failing of which a mortal is capable, yet men and women adored him, and God showered him with many blessings. A charismatic leader, exalted as “a man after God’s own heart,” he was also capable of deep cunning and bloodthirsty violence. Weaving together biblical texts with centuries of interpretation and commentary, as well as the startling discoveries of modern biblical archaeology and scholarship, bestselling author Jonathan Kirsch brings King David to life with extraordinary freshness, intimacy, and vividness of detail, revealing him in all his glory and fallibility. At the center of this taut, dramatic narrative stands a hero of flesh and blood-a man as vibrant and compelling today as he has been for millennia.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

ISBN-10

0345435052

ISBN-13

9780345435057

eBay Product ID (ePID)

1682063

Product Key Features

Book Title

King David : the Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel

Number of Pages

400 Pages

Language

English

Publication Year

2001

Topic

Religious, Biblical Biography / Old Testament, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament

Features

Reprint

Genre

Biography & Autobiography, Religion

Author

Jonathan Kirsch

Format

Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height

0.9 in

Item Weight

13.6 Oz

Item Length

8.2 in

Item Width

5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition

Reviews

“[A] SPLENDID BIOGRAPHY . . . An eminently readable account of perhaps the best-known and most popular of all biblical heroes.” Los Angeles Times “A COMPLETE PORTRAIT . . . One of the more comprehensive attempts to place this staggering figure in history, in literature, in psychology, and in the evolution of Judaism and Christianity.” The Seattle Times “A STUNNING SYNTHESIS . . . Kirsch has taken the best of both worlds to fashion a story that is the first of its kind: a biography of biblical proportions, anchored in the imaginative sweep of fiction and the tactile surprise of fact.” DAVID ROSENBERG Author of The Book of David and co-author of The Book of J “Anyone who reads [this] entertaining and often enlightening account will come away with a solid understanding of David’s life and legacy.” San Francisco Chronicle, “[A] SPLENDID BIOGRAPHY . . . An eminently readable account of perhaps the best-known and most popular of all biblical heroes.” Los Angeles Times “A COMPLETE PORTRAIT . . . One of the more comprehensive attempts to place this staggering figure in history, in literature, in psychology, and in the evolution of Judaism and Christianity.” The Seattle Times “A STUNNING SYNTHESIS . . . Kirsch has taken the best of both worlds to fashion a story that is the first of its kind: a biography of biblical proportions, anchored in the imaginative sweep of fiction and the tactile surprise of fact.” DAVID ROSENBERG Author ofThe Book of David and co-author ofThe Book of J “Anyone who reads [this] entertaining and often enlightening account will come away with a solid understanding of David’s life and legacy.” San Francisco Chronicle, “[A] SPLENDID BIOGRAPHY . . . An eminently readable account of perhaps the best-known and most popular of all biblical heroes.” Los Angeles Times “A COMPLETE PORTRAIT . . . One of the more comprehensive attempts to place this staggering figure in history, in literature, in psychology, and in the evolution of Judaism and Christianity.” The Seattle Times “A STUNNING SYNTHESIS . . . Kirsch has taken the best of both worlds to fashion a story that is the first of its kind: a biography of biblical proportions, anchored in the imaginative sweep of fiction and the tactile surprise of fact.” DAVID ROSENBERG Author of The Book of David and co-author of The Book of J “Anyone who reads [this] entertaining and often enlightening account will come away with a solid understanding of David’s life and legacy.” San Francisco Chronicle From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Trade

Dewey Decimal

222/.4092 B

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