Joel Baden\xa0is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University and is the author of\xa0The Historical David: \xa0The Real Life of An Invented Hero. \xa0 David is portrayed in the Hebrew Scriptures as one who had a heart for God. \xa0The Psalms are credited to him. \xa0But the real life guy was ambitious and ruthless. \xa0Dr. Baden reads between the lines to uncover a David far more human and thus more interesting than the idealized character of the Bible.