The Death of King David or, The Abishag Rag

<p>This play presents King David, at the end of his life, recounting his exploits, epiphanies, sins, insights and triumphs to his last love, Abishag, who was chosen, as the most beautiful from all twelve tribes, to keep the old man warm. It emphasizes his personal relationships and demonstrates the complexity of a character whose legacy, as the model shepherd-king of Judaism and Christianity, as the composer of some and the inspiration for others of the most beautiful poems in literature or liturgy, and as the founder of a Messianic line, has endured for 3,000 years. While it includes, for literary and dramatic pur­poses, some presumptions as to David's opinions and atti­tudes, some embellished details of the old tales, and occasional instances of compressed time, it is, in essence, a faithful retelling of the stories and songs presented in First and Second Samuel, First Kings, First Chronicles and The Psalms.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Humanities

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Bradford, Robert F.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Carlos Rodriguez, MA
• Leslie Ross, PhD

• Humanities
• Arts and Humanities

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/240

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1239