KING DAVID(ISBN=) 英文原版

David, King of the Jews, possessed every flaw and failing of
which a mortal is capable, yet men and women adored him, and God
showered him with many blessings. A charismatic leader, exalted as
“a man after God’s own heart,” he was also capable of deep cunning
and bloodthirsty violence. Weaving together biblical texts with
centuries of interpretation and commentary, as well as the
startling discoveries of modern biblical archaeology and
scholarship, bestselling author Jonathan Kirsch brings King David
to life with extraordinary freshness, intimacy, and vividness of
detail, revealing him in all his glory and fallibility. At the
center of this taut, dramatic narrative stands a hero of flesh and
blood–a man as vibrant and compelling today as he has been for
millennia.

Jonathan Kirsch, a book columnist for the
Los Angeles Times and author of the bestselling and
critically acclaimed Moses: A Life and The Harlot by the
Side of the Road, writes and lectures widely on biblical,
literary, and legal topics. A member of the National Book Critics
Circle, President of PEN Center USA West, and a former
correspondent for Newsweek, he lives in Los Angeles.

Maps
Chapter One–Charisma
Chapter Two–The Wrong King
Chapter Three—“He Is the One”
Chapter Four–Innocent Blood
Chapter Five–Desperado
Chapter Six–Ghostwife
Chapter Seven–“Shall the Sword Devour Forever?”
Chapter Eight–City of David
Chapter Nine–At the Time When Kings Go Forth to Battle
Chapter Ten–The Daughter of the Seven Gods
Chapter Eleven–The Rape of Tamar
Chapter Twe[ve–“Bloodstained Fiend of Hell!”
Chapter Thirteen–“O Absalom, My Son, My Son!”
Chapter Fourteen–An Angel at the Threshing-Floor
Chapter Fifteen–Heat
Chapter Sixteen–The Qualit~ of Light at Tel Dan
Appendix–The Biblical Biographers of David
Chronology
Endnotes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
A Reader’s Guide