Thoughts On "King David: A Biography" by Steven L. McKenzie
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About to return King David: A Biography by Steven L. McKenzie to the library. No time like the present to comment on it. McKenzie starts from the documentary hypothesis position on the history of the Old Testament and he takes the rather cynical position that the more a text protests something did not happen the more likely it actually did. He makes the claim that David was a much less pleasant person than the Bible (and interpretations/extrapolations thereof) depict him. Being a Christian, I thought the tone of the project rather cynical, but in the acknowledgements section he said his purpose was seeking truth rather than simply tearing down hagiography for the sake of tearing down hagiography and he
Thoughts On "King David: A Biography" by Steven L. McKenzie
Thoughts On "King David: A Biography" by…
Thoughts On "King David: A Biography" by Steven L. McKenzie
About to return King David: A Biography by Steven L. McKenzie to the library. No time like the present to comment on it. McKenzie starts from the documentary hypothesis position on the history of the Old Testament and he takes the rather cynical position that the more a text protests something did not happen the more likely it actually did. He makes the claim that David was a much less pleasant person than the Bible (and interpretations/extrapolations thereof) depict him. Being a Christian, I thought the tone of the project rather cynical, but in the acknowledgements section he said his purpose was seeking truth rather than simply tearing down hagiography for the sake of tearing down hagiography and he