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Description   Robert Alter Publisher: Norton A chilling account of political intrigue, illicit sex, murder, war, and human frailty that could only have come from the Bible. The story of David is the greatest single narrative representation in antiquity of a human life evolving by slow stages through time, shaped by the pressures of political life and family, the impulses of body and spirit, and the eventual sad decay of the flesh. In its main character, it provides the first full-length portrait of a Machiavellian prince in Western literature. The beautiful, musical David, resourceful slayer of Goliath, loved by all, reveals himself as a calculating political animal. To advance his own cause, he becomes a collaborator with the archenemies of Israel, the Philistines. Later he commits adultery with Bathsheba, and compounds the betrayal with murder. He exposes himself repeatedly to humiliation, oscillates between noble sentiment and harsh vindictiveness, and with his dying breath charges his son Solomon to wreak bloody vengeance on his enemies. Historical personage and full-blooded imagining, David is the creation of a literary artist comparable to the Shakespeare of the history plays.   Related Products... The Call Of The Torah: 5 Volume Set Bereishis / Genesis - 2 Volume Set Etz Hayim: Study Companion JPS Torah Commentary: Deuteronomy Our Price: $112.49 Add Our Price: $58.50 Add Our Price: $22.00 Add Our Price: $60.00 Add The Commandments (Sefer Hamitzvot) (2 volumes) The Garden of Eden And the Struggle to Be Human JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot Essential Torah: A Complete Guide to the Five Book Our Price: $39.95 Add Our Price: $20.00 Add Our Price: $60.00 Add Our Price: $28.00 Add

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