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David's truth in Israel's imagination & memory / Walter Brueggemann.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS580.D3 B78 1985
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LIBRA BS580.D3 B78 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brueggemann, Walter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- David, King of Israel.
- David.
- Bible. Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Samuel.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Fortress Press, [1985]
- Summary:
- Examines four different David narratives from the books of 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. Each narrative reflects a particular social context, a particular social hope, and a particular community, thus offering a distinctly different "mode of truth" concerning David.
- Contents:
- Introduction: truth in its strangeness
- The trustful truth of the tribe
- The painful truth of the man
- The sure truth of the state
- The hopeful truth of the assembly
- Conclusion: truth free, in jeopardy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-128).
- Local Notes:
- Acc.#203657
- Other Format:
- Online version: Brueggemann, Walter. David's truth in Israel's imagination & memory.
- ISBN:
- 0800618653
- 9780800618650
- OCLC:
- 12262796
- Online:
- Donated by William & Jennie Leff
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