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 \u003Cbr>Malachi Martin has carried on in the  \u003Cbr>finest traditions of Hollywood.  \u003Cbr>On the other hand,how does one go  \u003Cbr>about writing a biblical novel whose  \u003Cbr>hero is David?I confess I do not know;  \u003Cbr>I have never tried it,and I am less like-  \u003Cbr>ly than ever to try it.Nor do I think I  \u003Cbr>am a very good judge of the novel;  \u003Cbr>some well known authors bore me  \u003Cbr>stiff,and I can lose myself happily in  \u003Cbr>junk.But the publishers present the  \u003Cbr>author to me not as a great story-teller  \u003Cbr>(a title which was worn by Charles  \u003Cbr>Dickens),but as a man with an aca-  \u003Cbr>demic pedigree as long as your arm,a  \u003Cbr>set of credentials which make me cover  \u003Cbr>my face in embarrassment.I suppose,  \u003Cbr>then,that I must with due reticence,  \u003Cbr>review this book,a novel of the life of  \u003Cbr>David,as a work of biblical scholar-  \u003Cbr>ship and not as a romance;presumably  \u003Cbr>that is where my competence lies.  \u003Cbr>A historical novel is fiction.The  \u003Cbr>usual practice of historical fiction im-  \u003Cbr>poses upon the author a certain degree  \u003Cbr>of verisimilitude in reconstructing the  \u003Cbr>past;thus,d'Artagnan and the three  \u003Cbr>musketeers are fictitious but they live   | in the world of Louis XIII.David and  \u003Cbr>the men and women of King of Kings,  \u003Cbr>most of whom bear the names of per-  \u003Cbr>sons found in historical documents,  \u003Cbr>live in no recognizable world of the  \u003Cbr>past.It is not just a matter of ana-  \u003Cbr>chronisms;I drew up a list of bloopers,  \u003Cbr>such as the existence of parchment in  \u003Cbr>the tenth century B.C.,but it is far too  \u003Cbr>long for use.And it may be unfair.Ap-  \u003Cbr>parently Martin feels that the historical  \u003Cbr>novelist is free to create a world which  \u003Cbr>has no roots in historical reality;it is as  \u003Cbr>real as the world of Oz.But why call it  \u003Cbr>a novel of the life of David?It might as  \u003Cbr>well be called a novel of the life of  \u003Cbr>Smith.Martin's erudition contributed  \u003Cbr>nothing to the composition of the  \u003Cbr>novel precisely where one might look  \u003Cbr>for it.One may invert the usual dis-  \u003Cbr>claimer of responsibility and say that  \u003Cbr>here only the names have not been  \u003Cbr>changed.  \u003Cbr>In particular,the religion of the  \u003Cbr>Judahites of King of Kings is a hodge-  \u003Cbr>podge of every Jewish belief and prac-  \u003Cbr>tice from premonarchic times to the  \u003Cbr>Talmudic period.Martin may have  \u003Cbr>reasons for knowing that the Judahites  \u003Cbr>of the tenti:century did not pronounce  \u003Cbr>the name Yahweh and substituted the  \u003Cbr>title Adonai,but I think he should  \u003Cbr>share these reasons with his colleagues.   |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n\n| MEMORIES of the Catholic Press:  \u003Cbr>Generally the var","cbCaic116xe1idHl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic116xe1idHl","pdf",2518932,"English","# King of Kings Review\n## Historical fiction vs. biblical history\n## Theology, anachronism, and narrative credibility\n# Memories of the Catholic Press\n## Catholic Press Association conventions\n## Lecture by Monsignor Thomas Fitzgerald\n## Labels for modern Catholic identity","[{\"question\":\"What does the review criticize about King of Kings?\",\"answer\":\"It criticizes historical anachronisms, the lack of recognizable historical grounding, and a theology portrayed as overly primitive, with dialogue rendered in an altered King James style.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the reviewer question calling the book a novel of David’s life?\",\"answer\":\"The reviewer argues that the novel’s world has no real roots in historical reality and that its scholarly effort does not visibly improve the composition, making the premise misleading.\"},{\"question\":\"What memory is highlighted from the Catholic Press Association conventions?\",\"answer\":\"The reviewer recalls a particularly well-attended lecture by Monsignor Thomas Fitzgerald on printed filth, whose reading of controversial materials drew a growing crowd.\"}]","King of Kings - by Malachi Martin - Reviewed by John L. 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