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The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album five stars and stated "the concert taps into Ellington's roots in showbiz and African-American culture as well as his evidently deep religious faith, throwing it all together in the spirit of universality and sealing everything with the stamps of his musical signatures".
On September 16, 1965, Briggs performed at the San Francisco Grace Cathedral. He performed as David in "David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might," alongside the Herman McCoy Singers, Jon Hendricks, and Duke Ellington's band. [8] Briggs almost didn't perform for personal reasons and beliefs, but Ellington convinced him to.
Thus, Rabbi Judah HaNasi instructed Rabbi Hiyya to use the phrase "David, king of Israel, lives and endures" as a coded message indicating that the new moon has appeared. [4] The comparison between "David" and the new moon is based in Psalms 89:36–38, where God promises that the Davidic monarchy will be "established forever like the moon". [5]
During the return of the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, King David danced "before the Lord with all his might". [13] [10] Dancing is mentioned as something familiar, implying it was a common practice. [14] Sacred dance is described in the Bible by verbs meaning dancing, rotating, jumping, skipping, and whirling. [15]
Michal (/ m ɪ ˈ x ɑː l /; Hebrew: מיכל ; Greek: Μιχάλ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (1 Samuel 18:20–27), who later became king, first of Judah, then of all Israel, making her queen consort of Israel.
King David is a song-cycle about David whom Alan Menken deems "one of the great heroes of Jewish history", [3] and is based on Biblical tales from the Books of Samuel and 1 Chronicles, as well as text from David's Psalms. It retells the Old Testament story of the shepherd boy, David, who rises from his humble roots to become King of Israel ...
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King David is a 1985 American Biblical epic film about the life of David, the second King of the Kingdom of Israel, as recounted in the Hebrew Bible. The film is directed by Bruce Beresford , written by Andrew Birkin and James Costigan , and stars Richard Gere in the title role.