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Goliath as Gentle Giant Sympathetic Portrayals in Popular Culture


Free Download Jonathan L. Friedmann, "Goliath as Gentle Giant: Sympathetic Portrayals in Popular Culture "
English | ISBN: 1666904694 | 2022 | 168 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
In the Hebrew Bible and stories loyal to it, Goliath is the stereotypical giant of folklore: big, brash, violent, and dimwitted. Goliath as Gentle Giant sets out to rehabilitate the giant’s image by exploring the origins of the biblical behemoth, the limitations of the "underdog" metaphor, and the few sympathetic treatments of Goliath in popular media. What insights emerge when we imagine things from Goliath’s point of view? How might this affect our reading of the biblical account or its many retellings and interpretations? What sort of man was Goliath really? The nuanced portraits analyzed in this book serve as a catalyst to challenge readers to question stereotypes, reexamine old assumptions, and humanize the "other."

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David & Goliath The Brick Bible for Kids


Free Download Brendan Powell Smith, "David & Goliath: The Brick Bible for Kids"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1620879824 | EPUB | pages: 32 | 7.5 mb
The Philistine army has gathered for a vicious war against King Saul and the Israelites. With great suspense, a Philistine giant named Goliath boldly approaches the Israelites presenting a challenge: Defeat him and the Philistines will forever be their slaves; but if the Israelites lose, then they must become slaves to the Philistines. But who would want to defy such a giant, wearing only the finest armor and carrying the sharpest spear?

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Goliath Life and Loathing in Greater Israel


Free Download Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel by Max Blumenthal, Richard Powers, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
English | 2015 | ISBN: B00FJRRE58 | Format: MP3 / 22 hours and 19 minutes | 733 Mb
In Goliath, New York Times best-selling author Max Blumenthal takes us on a journey through the badlands and high roads of Israel-Palestine, painting a startling portrait of Israeli society under the siege of increasingly authoritarian politics as the occupation of the Palestinians deepens.
Beginning with the national elections carried out during Israel’s war on Gaza in 2008/9, which brought into power the country’s most right-wing government to date, Blumenthal tells the story of Israel in the wake of the collapse of the Oslo peace process.
As Blumenthal reveals, Israel has become a country where right-wing leaders like Avigdor Lieberman and Bibi Netanyahu are sacrificing democracy on the altar of their power politics, where the loyal opposition largely and passively stands aside and watches the organized assault on civil liberties, where state-funded Orthodox rabbis publish books that provide instructions on how and when to kill gentiles, where half of Jewish youth declare their refusal to sit in a classroom with an Arab, and where mob violence targets Palestinians and African asylum seekers scapegoated by leading government officials as "demographic threats".

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