"I see chronicles as Samuel made boring," the author says. "It takes the very humanness of David and tries to sanctify him in a way that I think is untrue to David's character." The book will be published by Simon & Schuster on September 14.
Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a conversation on flawed leaders, Jewish identity in the modern world, the many portrayals of David, what’s missing in rabbinical training, playing chess on the Sabbath, Srugim, Hasidic philosophy, living in Israel and of course, the durability of creation.
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