David: The Divided Heart

David The Divided Heart Series: Jewish Lives David WolpeYale University Press, 2014ISBN 9780300188783 Hardcover, 176 pp.6.22 X 8.57 X 0.78 inches | 0.79 pounds From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a reexamination of the biblical David, legendary warrior, poet, and king, by one of America's most respected rabbis "An excellent study of the most fascinating character in the Old Testament."--Wall Street Journal "A portrait of David that is vibrant and nuanced, full of the complications that marked his life."--Jewish Week Of all the figures in the Bible, David arguably stands out as the most perplexing and enigmatic. He was many things: a warrior who subdued Goliath and the Philistines; a king who united a nation; a poet who created beautiful, sensitive verse; a loyal servant of God who proposed the great Temple and founded the Messianic line; a schemer, deceiver, and adulterer who freely indulged his very human appetites.  David Wolpe, whom Newsweek called "the most influential rabbi