David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King.(Book Review)

David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King, by Baruch Halpern. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001. 492 pp. $30.00.

In David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King, Baruch Halpern introduces King David, transforming the shepherd of Sunday School, sermons, and cinema. Halpern paints a plausible picture of thuggery and trickery that fits the rise of a 10th-century B.C.E. Levantine ruler. This portrait will trouble the still waters of the superficial soul. Halpern concludes: "The real David was not someone whom it would be wise to invite to dinner. And you certainly would not be happy to discover he was marrying your daughter, or even a casual ...

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