Ancient Israel's unique notions of God drew on non-Israelite material from two related sources. First, Israel arose out of a Canaanite cultural matrix that has been well studied over the past century.

Then Psalm 106 chastens, with Israel getting hardly anything right. If we didn’t know the full Old Testament background, it would be hard to credit both portrayals as true.

The young man picks up a stone out of the water. The Gist:House Of David is a retelling of the Old Testament story of King David, one of the most celebrated kings of Israel.

Some were heretics and others heroes, but these royal women all took center stage in some of the most important stories in the Old Testament.

Ancient Israel's unique notions of God drew on non-Israelite material from two related sources. First, Israel arose out of a Canaanite cultural matrix that has been well studied over the past century.