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This is so much the case that Marulić's contemporaries called him the "Christian Virgil from [[Split, Croatia|Split]]." The [[philologist]] [[Miroslav Marcovich]] also detects, "the influence of [[Ovid]], [[Lucan]], and [[Statius]]" in the work. *'''1681–82''' [[John Dryden|Dryden]]'s long poem ''[[Absalom and Achitophel]]'' is an allegory that uses the story of the rebellion of [[Absalom]] against King David as the basis for his satire of the contemporary political situation, including events such as the [[Monmouth Rebellion]] (1685), the [[Popish Plot]] (1678) and the [[Exclusion Crisis]]. *'''1893''' [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] may have used the story of David and Bathsheba as a foundation for the [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''[[The Adventure of the Crooked Man]]''. Holmes mentions "the small affair of Uriah and Bathsheba" at the end of the story.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2IpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT291|title=The Sherlock Holmes Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained |date= 1 October 2015|publisher=Dorling Kindersley |access-date= 12 February 2018|via= Google Books |isbn=978-0-24124833-1|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201011131826/https://books.google.com/books?id=C2IpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT291 |url-status= live}}</ref> *'''1928''' [[Elmer Davis]]'s novel ''Giant Killer'' retells and embellishes the biblical story of David, casting David as primarily a poet who managed always to find others to do the "dirty work" of heroism and kingship. In the novel, [[Elhanan son of Jair|Elhanan]] in fact killed Goliath but David claimed the credit; and [[Joab]], David's cousin and general, took it upon himself to make many of the difficult decisions of war and statecraft when David vacillated or wrote poetry instead. *'''1936''' [[William Faulkner]]'s ''[[Absalom, Absalom!]]'' refers to the story of Absalom, David's son; his rebellion against his father and his death at the hands of David's general, Joab. In addition it parallels Absalom's vengeance for the rape of his sister [[Tamar (daughter of David)|Tamar]] by his half-brother, [[Amnon]]. *'''1946''' [[Gladys Schmitt]]'s novel ''David the King'' was a richly embellished biography of David's entire life. The book took a risk, especially for its time, in portraying David's relationship with Jonathan as overtly [[homoerotic]], but was ultimately panned by critics as a bland rendition of the title character. *'''1966''' [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]], a Dominican political leader and writer, wrote ''David: Biography of a King'', as a realistic portrayal of David's life and political career. *'''1970''' [[Dan Jacobson]]'s ''The Rape of Tamar'' is an imagined account, by one of David's courtiers Yonadab, of the rape of Tamar by Amnon. *'''1972''' [[Stefan Heym]] wrote ''The King David Report'' in which the historian [[Ethan (biblical figure)|Ethan]] compiles upon King Solomon's orders "a true and authoritative report on the life of David, Son of Jesse"—the East German writer's wry depiction of a court historian writing an "authorized" history, many incidents clearly intended as satirical references to the writer's own time. *'''1974''' In [[Thomas Burnett Swann]]'s biblical fantasy novel ''How are the Mighty Fallen'', David and Jonathan are explicitly stated to be lovers. Moreover, Jonathan is a member of a winged semi-human race (possibly [[nephilim]]), one of several such races coexisting with humanity but often persecuted by it. *'''1980''' [[Malachi Martin]]'s [[Faction (literature)|factional]] novel ''King of Kings: A Novel of the Life of David'' relates the life of David, Adonai's champion in his battle with the Philistine deity Dagon. *'''1984''' [[Joseph Heller]] wrote a novel based on David called ''[[God Knows (novel)|God Knows]]'', published by Simon & Schuster. Told from the perspective of an aging David, the humanity—rather than the heroism—of various biblical characters is emphasized. The portrayal of David as a man of flaws such as greed, lust, selfishness, and his alienation from God, the falling apart of his family is a distinctly 20th-century interpretation of the events told in the Bible. *'''1993''' [[Madeleine L'Engle]]'s novel ''Certain Women'' explores family, the Christian faith, and the nature of God through the story of King David's family and an analogous modern family's saga. *'''1995''' [[Allan Massie]] wrote ''King David'', a novel about David's career that portrays the king's relationship to Jonathan as sexual.<ref>{{cite book|last1=O'Kane|first1=Martin|editor1-last=Exum|editor1-first=Jo Cheryl|title=Beyond the Biblical Horizon: The Bible and the Arts|page=[https://archive.org/details/beyondbiblicalho00jche/page/86 86]|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUd28eEXGfoC&q=massie+jonathan&pg=PA86|access-date=15 August 2015|chapter=The Biblical King David and His Artistic and Literary Afterlives|isbn=978-9004112902|year=1999|publisher=BRILL |url=https://archive.org/details/beyondbiblicalho00jche/page/86}}</ref> *'''2015''' [[Geraldine Brooks (writer)|Geraldine Brooks]] wrote a novel about David, ''[[The Secret Chord]]'', told from the point of view of the prophet [[Nathan (prophet)|Nathan]].<ref name=Gilbert>{{cite news|last1=Gilbert|first1=Matthew|title='The Secret Chord' by Geraldine Brooks|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/10/03/book-review-the-secret-chord-geraldine-brooks/5XqipZWUj40EQVoerjtQmO/story.html|access-date=4 October 2015|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=3 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005034331/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/10/03/book-review-the-secret-chord-geraldine-brooks/5XqipZWUj40EQVoerjtQmO/story.html|archive-date=5 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hoffman|first1=Alice|title=Geraldine Brooks reimagines King David's life in 'The Secret Chord'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/geraldine-brooks-reimagines-king-davids-life-in-the-secret-chord/2015/09/28/e0a4a69c-62de-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html|access-date=29 March 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330075856/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/geraldine-brooks-reimagines-king-davids-life-in-the-secret-chord/2015/09/28/e0a4a69c-62de-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''2020''' [[Michael Arditti]] wrote ''The Anointed'', a novel about David told by three of his wives, Michal, Abigail and Bathsheba.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-14 |title=Book review: The Anointed, by Michael Arditti |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-anointed-michael-arditti-2538664 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.scotsman.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-05-08 |title=The Anointed by Michael Arditti — a David less divine |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/34eb0bda-8489-11ea-b6e9-a94cffd1d9bf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/34eb0bda-8489-11ea-b6e9-a94cffd1d9bf |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2022-09-01}}</ref> ===Paintings=== *'''1599''' [[Caravaggio]] ''[[David and Goliath (Caravaggio)|David and Goliath]]'' *'''{{Circa|1610}}''' [[David with the Head of Goliath (Caravaggio, Rome)|Caravaggio David with the Head of Goliath]] *'''1616''' [[Peter Paul Rubens]] ''[[David Slaying Goliath]]'' *'''''c.'' 1619''' [[Caravaggio]], ''[[David with the Head of Goliath (Caravaggio, Rome)|David and Goliath]]'' ===Sculptures=== {{multiple image |align = center |direction = horizontal |header = David in sculpture |header_align = center |header_background = |footer = |footer_align = left/right/center |footer_background = |width = |image1 = Florenz - Bargello 2014-08-09r.jpg |width1 = 170 |caption1 = ''[[David (Donatello)|David]]'' by [[Donatello]] |image2 = David, Andrea del Verrocchio, ca. 1466-69, Bargello Florenz-01.jpg |width2 = 195 |caption2 = ''[[David (Verrocchio)|David]]'' by [[Verrocchio]] |image3 = 'David' by Michelangelo Fir JBU005 denoised.jpg |width3 = 200 |caption3 = ''[[David (Michelangelo)|David]]'' by [[Michelangelo]] |image4 = Bernini's David 02.jpg |width4 = 200 |caption4 = ''[[David (Bernini)|David]]'' by [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]] }} *'''1440?''' [[Donatello]], ''[[David (Donatello)|David]]'' *'''1473–1475''' [[Verrocchio]], ''[[David (Verrocchio)|David]]'' *'''1501–1504''' [[Michelangelo]], ''[[David (Michelangelo)|David]]'' *'''1623–1624''' [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]], ''[[David (Bernini)|David]]'' ===Film=== David has been depicted several times in films; these are some of the best-known: *'''1951''' In ''[[David and Bathsheba (film)|David and Bathsheba]],'' directed by [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]], [[Gregory Peck]] played David. *'''1959''' In ''[[Solomon and Sheba]],'' directed by [[King Vidor]], [[Finlay Currie]] played an aged King David. *'''1961''' In ''[[A Story of David]],'' directed by Bob McNaught, [[Jeff Chandler (actor)|Jeff Chandler]] played David. *'''1985''' In ''[[King David (film)|King David]]'', directed by [[Bruce Beresford]], [[Richard Gere]] played King David. *'''1996''' In ''[[Dave and the Giant Pickle]]'' ===Television=== *'''1976''' ''[[The Story of David]]'', a made-for-TV film with [[Timothy Bottoms]] and [[Keith Michell]] as King David at different ages.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtcXDQAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Story+of+David%22+1976+%22Timothy+Bottoms%22+Keith&pg=PA111|title=The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film|first=Rhonda|last=Burnette-Bletsch|date=12 September 2016|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|access-date=2 September 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9781614513261|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011131826/https://books.google.com/books?id=MtcXDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA111&dq=%22The+Story+of+David%22+1976+%22Timothy+Bottoms%22+Keith&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22The+Story+of+David%22+1976+%22Timothy+Bottoms%22+Keith&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''1997''' ''[[David (1997 film)|David]]'', a TV-film with [[Nathaniel Parker]] as King David and [[Leonard Nimoy]] as the Prophet Samuel.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&q=%22Nathaniel+Parker%22+david+nimoy&pg=PA368|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|first=Jerry|last=Roberts|date=5 June 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|access-date=14 February 2018|via=Google Books|page=368|isbn=9780810863781|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011131826/https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA368&dq=%22Nathaniel+Parker%22+david+nimoy&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Nathaniel+Parker%22+david+nimoy&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''1997''' [[Max von Sydow]] portrayed an older King David in the TV-film ''[[Solomon (film)|Solomon]]'', a sequel to ''David.''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0tLUAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Max+von+Sydow%22+solomon+anouk&pg=PA168|title=Hollywood's Ancient Worlds|first=Jeffrey|last=Richards|date=1 September 2008|publisher=A&C Black|access-date=14 February 2018|via=Google Books|page=168|isbn=9781847250070|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011131826/https://books.google.com/books?id=0tLUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168&dq=%22Max+von+Sydow%22+solomon+anouk&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Max+von+Sydow%22+solomon+anouk&f=false|url-status= live}}</ref> *'''2009''' [[Christopher Egan]] played David on ''[[Kings (U.S. TV series)|Kings]]'', a re-imagining loosely based on the biblical story.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://forward.com/culture/104244/david-my-david/|title=David, My David|access-date=14 February 2018 | work = Forward |date=26 March 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180215055002/https://forward.com/culture/104244/david-my-david/|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *King David is the focus of the second episode of [[History Channel]]'s ''[[Battles BC]]'' documentary, which detailed all of his military exploits in the bible.<ref>{{cite web |website=History |title=Battles BC |url= http://www.history.com/content/battles-bc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207180103/http://www.history.com/content/battles-bc |archive-date=2010-02-07}}</ref> *'''2012''' ''[[Rei Davi]]'', a Brazilian miniseries with Leonardo Brício as David.<ref>[http://www.recordtvnetwork.com/interna.php?p=39&l=en "King David - Record TV Network"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618183326/http://www.recordtvnetwork.com/interna.php?l=en&p=39 |date=2014-06-18 }}. ''recordtvnetwork.com''.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120327054803/http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/celebridades/minisserie-biblica-%E2%80%98rei-davi%E2%80%99-bate-a-luxuria-de-%E2%80%98as-brasileiras%E2%80%99-da-globo "Texto bíblico de 'Rei Davi' bate a luxúria de 'As Brasileiras'"]. ''[[Veja (magazine)|Veja]]'' (in Portuguese). [[Editora Abril]]. 2012-02-24. Archived from [http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/celebridades/minisserie-biblica-%E2%80%98rei-davi%E2%80%99-bate-a-luxuria-de-%E2%80%98as-brasileiras%E2%80%99-da-globo the original] on 2012-03-27.</ref> *'''2013''' [[Langley Kirkwood]] portrayed King David in the miniseries ''[[The Bible (TV series)|The Bible]]''. *'''2016''' ''[[Of Kings and Prophets]]'' in which David is played by [[Olly Rix]] ===Music=== [[File:Stamp of Israel - Festivals 5721 - 0.25IL (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|David on an [[Stamps of Israel|Israeli stamp]]]] *The traditional birthday song [[Las Mañanitas]] mentions King David as the original singer in its lyrics. *'''1622''' [[Thomas Tomkins]]'s choral [[anthem]] "When David Heard", about David's response to the death of his son [[Absalom]], is published in the anthology ''Songs of 1622''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Thomas Tomkins: The Last Elizabethan|isbn=9781351539166|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|editor=Anthony Boden|chapter=Awfull Majestie|date=5 July 2017 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iMxDwAAQBAJ&dq=when+david+heard+thomas+tomkins&pg=PT131}}</ref> *'''1738''' [[George Frideric Handel]]'s oratorio ''[[Saul (Handel)|Saul]]'' features David as one of its main characters.<ref name= "Handel Institute">{{cite web|title=G. F. Handel's Compositions |url= http://www.gfhandel.org/43to100.html|publisher= The Handel Institute|access-date=28 September 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130924012912/http://gfhandel.org/43to100.html |archive-date= 24 September 2013}}</ref> *'''1921''' [[Arthur Honegger]]'s oratorio ''[[Le roi David (Honegger)|Le Roi David]]'' with a libretto by [[René Morax]], instantly became a staple of the choral repertoire. *'''1954''' [[Darius Milhaud]]'s opera ''[[David (Milhaud)|David]]'' premieres in Jerusalem in celebration of the 3,000th anniversary of the establishment of that city by David.<ref>{{cite news |title='David,' Milhaud's Opera Linking Events Of Bible With Today, Bows in Jerusalem|author=Peter Gradenwitz|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 2, 1954|page=38|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/06/02/archives/david-milhauds-opera-linking-events-of-bible-with-today-bows-in.html}}</ref> *'''1964''' [[Bob Dylan]] alludes to David in the last line of his song "[[When The Ship Comes In]]" ("And like Goliath, they'll be conquered"). *'''1965''' [[Leonard Bernstein]] described the second movement of his ''[[Chichester Psalms]]'', which features a setting of [[Psalm 23]], sung by a boy soloist accompanied by a harp, as a "musical evocation of King David, the shepherd-psalmist".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leonardbernstein.com/works/view/14/chichester-psalms|title=Works - Chorus & Orchestra - Chichester Psalms (1965)}}</ref> *'''1983''' [[Bob Dylan]] refers to David in his song "[[Jokerman (song)|Jokerman]]" ("Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features").<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IdbgeObYgIkC&pg=PA237 |title=Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet|first=Seth|last=Rogovoy |date=24 November 2009|publisher=Simon & Schuster|access-date=14 February 2018|via= Google Books|page=237|isbn=978-1-41655983-2 |archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201011131827/https://books.google.com/books?id=IdbgeObYgIkC&pg=PA237 |url-status=live}}</ref> *'''1984''' [[Leonard Cohen]]'s song "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" has references to David ("there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord", "The baffled king composing Hallelujah") and [[Bathsheba]] ("you saw her bathing on the roof") in its opening verses. *'''1990''' The song "One of the Broken" by [[Paddy McAloon]], performed by [[Prefab Sprout]] on the album ''Jordan: The Comeback'', has a reference to David ("I remember King David, with his harp and his beautiful, beautiful songs, I answered his prayers, and showed him a place where his music belongs"). *'''1991''' "Mad About You", a song on [[Sting (musician)|Sting's]] album ''[[The Soul Cages]]'', explores David's obsession with Bathsheba from David's perspective.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mad About You|url= http://www.sting.com/discography/album/208/Singles|website=Sting.com|access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170327080951/http://www.sting.com/discography/album/208/Singles|archive-date=27 March 2017|url-status= live}}</ref> *'''2000''' The song "Gimme a Stone" appears on the [[Little Feat]] album ''[[Chinese Work Songs]]'' chronicles the duel with Goliath and contains a lament to Absalom as a bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.littlefeat.net/index.php?page=lyrics&dc_id=261|title=Lyrics Database|website=Little Feat website|access-date= 2017-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035626/http://www.littlefeat.net/index.php?page=lyrics&dc_id=261|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Musical theater=== *'''1997''' ''[[King David (musical)|King David]]'', sometimes described as a modern [[oratorio]], with a book and lyrics by [[Tim Rice]] and music by [[Alan Menken]]. ===Radio=== *'''1962''' ''[[Twilight of a Hero]]'', an Australian radio play that sold to the BBC ===Playing cards=== For a considerable period, starting in the 15th century and continuing until the 19th, French [[playing card]] manufacturers assigned to each of the court cards names taken from history or mythology. In this context, the [[King of spades]] was often known as "David".<ref>{{cite web|last= Mikkelson |first= David|date=29 September 2007 |url= http://www.snopes.com/history/world/cardking.asp |title=Four Kings in Deck of Cards |website= Snopes |access-date= 2009-07-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211119165841/http://www.snopes.com/history/world/cardking.asp |archive-date=2021-11-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.madore.org/~david/misc/cards.html |title=Courts on playing cards |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120208003621/http://www.madore.org/~david/misc/cards.html |archive-date=2012-02-08 |first=David |last= Madore}} Illustrations of the Anglo-American and French court cards</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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