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Aegean Mercenaries in Light of the Bible - Clash of cultures in the story of David and Goliath (Paperback)
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Aegean Mercenaries in Light of the Bible - Clash of cultures in the story of David and Goliath (Paperback)
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The story of the duel of David and Goliath, the Philistine
champion, is narrated in the Bible in several versions. While its
symbolic importance in Judaism and later in Christianity gradually
came to represent the battle between good and evil, true faith and
paganism, attempts were made since ancient times to solve its
ambiguities. In modern research, the story arouses many disputes.
There is controversy about the degree of realism and fantasy in it
and there is also no agreement as to the time it was composed. Some
claim that this was close to the time when the event occurred at
the beginning of the monarchy period. Others postpone the time of
its writing to the end of the Judaean monarchy and even to Second
Temple times by pointing out its similarities to Greek literature
and the characteristics of Goliath as an Aegean hoplite. The
purpose of the study is not only to shed light on the enigmas about
the protagonists and the time of the story, but also to understand
why the importance of its message did not lessen and in what
circumstances the interest in it was prolonged. The study employs a
textual analysis (literary and philological) of the story together
with its comparison to Greek, Egyptian and Mesopotamian literary
sources, historical analysis, and also a comparative analysis with
archaeological findings. It examines sources which until now have
not been included in research and suggests a new date, place and
motive for the compilation of the duel story.
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