David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and

David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition
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The exciting field of biblical archaeology has revolutionized our understanding of the Bible - and no one has done more to popularise this vast store of knowledge than Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman, who revealed what we now know about when and why the Bible was first written in "The Bible Unearthed". Now, with "David and Solomon", they do nothing less than help us to understand the sacred kings and founding fathers of western civilization. David and his son Solomon are famous in the Bible for their warrior prowess, legendary loves, wisdom, poetry, conquests, and ambitious building programmes. Yet thanks to archaeology's astonishing finds, we now know that most of these stories are myths. Finkelstein and Silberman show us that the historical David was a bandit leader in a tiny back-water called Jerusalem, and how - through wars, conquests and epic tragedies like the exile of the Jews in the centuries before Christ and the later Roman conquest - David and his successor were reshaped into mighty kings and even messiahs, symbols of hope to Jews and Christians alike in times of strife and despair and models for the great kings of Europe. A landmark work of research and lucid scholarship by two brilliant luminaries, "David and Solomon" recasts the very genesis of western history in a whole new light.
Country USA
Brand Free Press
Manufacturer Free Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780743243629
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Free Press
Manufacturer	Free Press
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780743243629
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition

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