New York: Schocken, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Jewish Encounters series. "Robert Pinsky, former poet laureate of the United States, plumbs the depths of Davids life: his triumphs and his failures, his divine destiny and his human humiliations. Drawing on the biblical chronicle of Davids life as well as on the later commentaries and the Psalms Pinsky teases apart the many strands of Davids story and reweaves them into a glorious narrative." Small format. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-805242031.