MODERN BIBLICAL CRITICISM ON THE PERSON OF KING DAVID AND HIS EPOCH: OVERCOMING DECONSTRUCTIONISM THE REVIEW OF: TANTLEVSKII I. R. KING DAVID AND HIS EPOCH IN THE BIBLE AND HISTORY. SAINT PETERSBURG, 2016. 412 P
This review examines the monograph by I. R. Tantlevskii, the famous Russian hebraist, historian and biblical scholar whose work is dedicated to the personality of king David and his trace in the history of the Ancient Israel state. The work presents a systematization of extensive and diverse material that sheds light on the genesis of the old testament Israel as a strong, developed and sovereign power of the Middle East. The book is of a large apologetic value in the context of polemics with hypercritical (minimalistic) tradition the supporters of which consider the Scripture unreliable source of valid historical data.