EPISODE · Jun 21, 2023 · 32 MIN
OS 120 - Israel's Habiru King
from Oldest Stories · host James Bleckley
David comes in for a bit of criticism today, for probably being a murdering bandit, but these issues are an important part of this story. We look again at the bias in our sources, and we see a pretty big disconnect between what we are told about David and what we are shown him doing. But, of course, the tale of a bandit is usually an exciting one if nothing else, and so we have a pretty action packed episode in between all the musings about the value of human life in the ancient world, the reliability of biased sources, and the balance of piety and violence within king David.
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David comes in for a bit of criticism today, for probably being a murdering bandit, but these issues are an important part of this story. We look again at the bias in our sources, and we see a pretty big disconnect between what we are told about David and what we are shown him doing. But, of course, the tale of a bandit is usually an exciting one if nothing else, and so we have a pretty action packed episode in between all the musings about the value of human life in the ancient world, the reliability of biased sources, and the balance of piety and violence within king David.
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