David is arguably the most fascinating figure of the Old Testament. He had many lives: shepherd, military hero, adviser to a king, king himself, ancestor to a nation. To mark their 35th annual ...

The Qur’an states: “And We have preferred some prophets over others, and We gave (Prophet/King) David, Psalms.” (17:55) and “David! We did indeed make you a viceregent [khalîfah] on earth: so judge ...

(UNDATED) King David is mum and pointing at his tongue. He has promised to speak no evil word, writing “I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” And “the wicked” are in very ...

David: A Play with Psalms was at least partly inspired by something that happened to a friend of hers, said co-director Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence: Her friend was up front at a concert of a popular band, ...

The Book of Psalms presents two daunting challenges to the Bible blog. First, because it’s just a series of poems, in no particular order, there is no compelling reason to start at Psalm 1 and read on ...

View a gallery of selected details from an anthology of 36 psalms, “I Will Wake the Dawn: Illuminated Psalms,” by Hebrew manuscript artist Debra Band (Jewish Publication Society, 2007). In her ...