Steven L. McKenzie. King David: A Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. viii, 232 pp.; Marti J. Steussy. David: Biblical Portraits of Power. Studies on the Personalities of the Old Testament. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. viii, 251 pp.; Baruch Halpern. David's Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. xx, 492 pp.

AJS Review ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Berlin
AJS Review ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-362
Author(s):  
Benjamin G. Wright III

The purpose of Wright's study is to trace “the evolution of the depictions of Baruch ben Neriah . . . from the biblical materials through the early Jewish and Christian texts and traditions that either mention Baruch or were allegedly written by him” (xi). The book succeeds admirably. In three main chapters, Wright collects and analyzes most of the material about Baruch from the first mention of him in Jeremiah as the prophet's scribal assistant to works as late as 3 Baruch that picture him as a recipient of apocalyptic visions. A fourth chapter contains traditions about Baruch in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sources into the Middle Ages.


1973 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-199
Author(s):  
Robert M. Bliss

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