The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel | Robert Alter
The story of David, forceful slayer of Goliath, is plucked from the Bible and molded into a piece of literature that stands on its own--a narrative representation of a human life shaped by the pressures of political life and family, the impulses of body and spirit, and the eventual sad decay of the flesh.
The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel | 
