Table of Contents:
  • 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.