April 4,1968- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATED.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Amen.

His place in history is cemented but but nothing beyond that.

What are you talking about? Is it remotely possible that we can have a conversation about anything black people related, and you not make a snarky comment? You've done it once in the entire time I've been here.

[Neonred 3,562]

In religious circles, both Christians and Jews it's not even debatable - David was one of the greatest of the Bible.

The hero from a fairy tale.

[Danno 1,228]

The hero from a fairy tale.

Sloganeering is of limited use outside the Atheists forums.

fairy tale |ˈfɛri teɪl| (also fairy story)nouna children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.

Archaeology[edit]

The Tel Dan Stele.

Main articles: Tel Dan Stele, Mesha Stele, and City of David

Two archaeological finds, the Tel Dan Stele and the Mesha Stele, have direct bearing on the question of the existence of a historical David. The first of these is anAramean victory stele (inscribed stone) discovered in 1993 at Tel Dan and dated c. 850–835 BC: it contains the phrase ביתדוד (bytdwd), which has been interpreted as "House of David".^[21] The Mesha Stele from Moab, dating from approximately the same period, may also contain the name David in line 12, where the interpretation is uncertain, and in line 31, where one destroyed letter must be supplied.^[22]

The evidence from surface surveys indicates that Judah at the time of David was a small tribal kingdom.^[23] The Bronze and Iron Age remains of the City of David, the original urban core of Jerusalem identified with the reigns of David and Solomon, were investigated extensively in the 1970s and 1980s under the direction of Yigal Shiloh of the Hebrew University, but failed to discover significant evidence of occupation during the 10th century BC.^[24] In 2005 Eilat Mazar reported the discovery of a Large Stone Structure which she claimed was David's palace,^[25] but the site is contaminated and cannot be accurately dated.^[26]

Edited April 7, 2014 by Danno