TY - BOOK AU - Isser,Stanley Jerome TI - The sword of Goliath: David in heroic literature T2 - Studies in biblical literature SN - 9004127372 AV - BS580 PY - 2003/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - David, KW - Jews KW - Kings and rulers KW - Kings and rulers, Ancient N1 - 1 (pages 185-189) and indexes; chap. 1. Introduction --; chap. 2. Approaches to the bilical text --; chap. 3. Popular heroic tradition --; chap. 4. Other heroic traditions --; chap. 5. Development of the tradition: background --; chap. 6. Formation of the legend --; chap. 7. A fresh look at David in the twenty-first century: the young David --; chap. 8. A fresh look at David in the twenty-first century: David as king --; chap. 9. Last words; 2 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011045.html ER -