David Remembered: Kingship and National Identity in Ancient Israel

by Joseph Blenkinsopp

Book Overview

Examines the David theme in the collective mind of ancient Israel and the early church

In this follow-up study to Judaism, The First Phase, Joseph Blenkinsopp traces the development of traditions about David in the collective memory of the people of Israel and the first Christians, from the extinction of the Davidic dynasty in the sixth century B.C.E. to the early common era.

David Remembered is neither a biography...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802869580
• ISBN13: 9780802869586
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"