Oh, absolutely, Twinkle! That is in part what I mean about the "perspectives" of the four gospels. Each evangelist had what you might call an agenda and was writing to a different audience. So the Gospel of Matthew, written to a Jewish community, has different details than the Gospel of Luke, written by a Gentile to a Roman audience. That's why biblical studies are so important, so we can know the time and place and context in which they are written. And for me why the story of David is most probably true - it was not in the best interest of the writer to denigrate the greatest king of Israel.
Mandi
Oh, absolutely, Twinkle! That is in part what I mean about the "perspectives" of the four gospels. Each evangelist had what you might call an agenda and was writing to a different audience. So the Gospel of Matthew, written to a Jewish community, has different details than the Gospel of Luke, written by a Gentile to a Roman audience. That's why biblical studies are so important, so we can know the time and place and context in which they are written. And for me why the story of David is most probably true - it was not in the best interest of the writer to denigrate the greatest king of Israel.
Mandi