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Goliath

Goliath (/ɡə.ˈlaɪ.əθ/ gə-LY-əth) was a Philistine warrior of giant stature who plays a pivotal role within the Biblical story's legendary account of King David in the Book of Samuel. According to 1 Samuel, Goliath challenges the Israelites to beat him in single combat. David, then a young shepherd, takes up the challenge. He fells Goliath with a stone…

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Ted CassidyLuigi MontefioriParamountKing DavidToho
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Textual considerations

Dead Sea ScrollsJosephusCubitsSpanMasoretic Text
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Later traditions

SotahOrpahRuthObedRuth Rabbah
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Modern usages of David and Goliath

UnderdogLeonard GreenspoonThe GuardianThe New York TimesScienceDaily
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Biblical accounts

Composition of the Book of Samuel

Structure of the David and Goliath narrative

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Later traditions

Modern usages of David and Goliath

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related to Bibliography · 84
Goliath → Allen, Ancient Near Eastern Analogues, Antony, April, Baruch, Benjamin, Bible, Bible's Sacred Kings, Biblical Literature, Book, BRILL, Campbell, Canaan, Chronicles, Clarendon Press, Conference, David, David Noel, David's Secret Demons, David's Triumph Over Goliath
related to Goliath's name · 58
Goliath → Alef, Alyattes, Anatolian, Aren Maeir, Arial, Based, BC, BC Philistine, Bible, Cardo, Carian, David, David CLM, David Libre, Ezra SIL, Ezra SIL SR, Frank Ruehl CLM, FreeSans, FreeSerif, Gath
related to Goliath and the Greeks · 25
Goliath → BCE, David, David's, Each, Ereuthalion, Ereuthalion's, Goliath's, Greek, Greeks, Hector, Homeric, However, Iliad, In, Jesse, Near East, Near Eastern, Neleus, Nestor, Nestor's
related to Judaism · 24
Goliath → Abba, According, Ark, Babylonian Talmud, Book, Covenant, Dagon, David, David's, Goliath's, Hanina, His, Israelites, Jerusalem Talmud, Jesse, Kahana, Obed, On, Orpah, Ruth
related to The Italian Goliath film series (1960–1964) · 19
Goliath → After, Barbari, Barbarians, David, He, Hercules, Italian, Italian Goliath, Joseph, Levine, Maciste, Note, Orson Welles, Steve Reeves, Terror, Terrore, The, The Italians, United States
related to In popular culture · 18
Goliath → American, Bible, Daigoro, David, Greatest Heroes, Israelites, It, Italian, King, King David, Luigi Montefiori, Paramount's, Philistines, Ted Cassidy, This, Toho, Tsuburaya Productions, TV
related to Elhanan and Goliath · 16
Goliath → BC, Bethlehemite, Chronicle, Chronicles, Elhanan, Goliath's, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, In, Jaare-oregim, Lahmi, Most, Regardless, Samuel, The, This
related to Composition of the Book of Samuel · 15
Goliath → BCE, David, Deuteronomistic History, Goliath's, Israel, Jebusite, Jerusalem, Joshua, Judah's King Josiah, Judges, Kings, Samuel, The, The Books, Traces
related to Islam · 14
Goliath → Amalekites, Arabic, Badr, Called Jalut, David, Goliath's, Hebrew Bible, Israelite, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Muslim, Philistines, Quran, Saul's
related to Biblical accounts · 11
Goliath → David, Elah, Eventually, In, Israelites, Philistines, Samuel, Saul, The Philistine, Twice, Valley

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the settlement of battle by single combat between champions has been thought characteristic of the Homeric epicsinstance ofnarrative formulae0.80text
Goliath being theinstance ofwith several changes made0.80text
wealth or educationinstance ofwhile those on the Goliath tribe grew up with advantages0.80text
Goliathrelated to Biblical accountsIn0.60section
Goliathrelated to Biblical accountsSamuel0.60section
Goliathrelated to Biblical accountsSaul0.60section
Goliathrelated to Biblical accountsIsraelites0.60section
Goliathrelated to Biblical accountsPhilistines0.60section
Goliathrelated to Biblical accountsValley0.60section
Goliathrelated to Biblical accountsElah0.60section
Goliathrelated to Biblical accountsTwice0.60section
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