The biblical story of David and Bathsheba is as dramatic as it is ambiguous: A powerful man sees a beautiful stranger and summons her. She becomes pregnant. The man clumsily tries to cover it up, but ...

This is a big picture in every respect. The reign of King David projects the Old Testament in broad sweeps, depicting the obligation of David (Gregory Peck) to his subjects while at the same time ...

David's a fabulous king—victory abroad, and a fantastic domestic policy at home. He "delivered justice and equity to all his people." Equity—that's an interesting word. So far, the Bible hasn't been ...

Thanks for joining us, and a special welcome to first-time readers. Today we study 2 Samuel 11, the story of David and Bathsheba, one of the most famous and dramatic chapters in the Old Testament ...

About thirty years ago, Shimon Peres once said something to the effect that not everything King David did was good. This kicked off a feeding frenzy amongst the rabbis who started to explain that ...

“[Bathsheba said], ‘My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.’ ” – 1 Kings 1:20 Reputations are a peculiar thing.

Perhaps some bookish friend has pressed on you a copy of Elizabeth Cook’s “Achilles,” the small, luminous reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that has been borne aloft by word of mouth since it was ...

13.9 x 10.2 in. (35.31 x 25.91 cm.) In 1956, the etchings on Biblical themes that Chagall had begun for Vollard in 1930, left unpublished (though printed and stored) when he escaped from the Gestapo ...