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The Sword of Goliath (2003)

The Sword of Goliath (2003)

Stanley Jerome Isser

Year: 2003
Authors: Stanley Jerome Isser
Publishers: BRILL
Pages: 224
Print type: BOOK

Description:

This book shifts the focus of biblical stories about David from historicity to popular culture, suggesting their origins in popular heroic literature of the later monarchy and Persian period and comparing them with Homeric and Arthurian heroic literature. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)