Excerpt from Jonathan: A Tragedy Saul, the first King of Israel, and David, the great king, so overshadowed Jonathan, who was but a prince, that he interested the Biblical narrator mainly as a factor in the feud between the great rivals. That the situation in which he was placed was tragic, and that he displayed elevation of character, is clear; but there is lacking the wealth of detail with which his career and personality would have been developed had he been of greater political importance. For this reason I have felt ...
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Excerpt from Jonathan: A Tragedy Saul, the first King of Israel, and David, the great king, so overshadowed Jonathan, who was but a prince, that he interested the Biblical narrator mainly as a factor in the feud between the great rivals. That the situation in which he was placed was tragic, and that he displayed elevation of character, is clear; but there is lacking the wealth of detail with which his career and personality would have been developed had he been of greater political importance. For this reason I have felt that the story, as it is told in the first book of Samuel, could be elaborated with advan tage. The setting which I have wrought for it is adorned with gems of thought and expression taken from the Bible freely and at random. These and other conscious borrowings are acknowledged in the notes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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