In Trump’s instinct to punish and desecrate, a rejection of the values of King David
A biblical parable about speaking truth to power takes on new meaning in a time of would-be authoritarians
King David
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Film & TV King David gets the kiddie treatment
The animated film ‘David’ flattens one of the Bible’s most vivid characters
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Culture King David’s story gets the ‘Game of Thrones’ treatment
Amazon Prime's new series 'The House of David' draws out the palace intrigue of ancient Israel
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Culture This ancient archeological marvel celebrates the defeat of King David — does it prove he existed?
The Tel Dan stele, currently on display at the Jewish Museum, is the oldest non-biblical mention of the House of David.
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Culture Evangelicals love to compare Trump to King David — but just how similar are they?
David slept with Batsheva, Trump slept with Stormy Daniels — and the similarities end there
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Culture Why the biblical story of David and Batsheva keeps trending on Twitter
The episode is key to the debate around sexual abuse in evangelical churches
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Music A lost Yiddish opera complete, and in performance, at last
How a composer, librettist and historian filled in the blanks on the missing masterpiece 'Bas Sheve'
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Books A Fable About a Modern King David
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. The American writer Joshua Cohen’s last two books, Book of Numbers and Witz, were considerable epic novels that dealt with philosophical issues through a mix of satirical realism and grotesque fantasy. But his new book, “Moving Kings” (both a name of a company and an allegorical key),…
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