TALES OF THE MAN DA

About the Book

The "TALES OF THE MAN DA´OUD" (Book One) is a collection of what might be termed folk tales from bronze age Mesopotamia. Taken from the oral apocrypha of the Ha´piru, the ´Tales´ primarily concern the relationship between the man Da´oud and ´the great judge of all things´. They first appear in written form during the eighth century before the common era, now retold and rewritten in a modern readable idiom. These ´Tales´ were carried by the itinerate story tellers of the time from camp to camp of the herders and gatherers, from the hills and valleys of the Levant, across the slopes of the Caucasus, to the lands between the rivers. The ´Tales´ lay dormant, lost and unknown until the liberation of Jerusalem in 1967.

About the Author

David de London, currently retired from state government, periodically writes a guest column for a small town newspaper. He is a member emeritus of the board of directors for the regional arts council, and is a poet, playwright, and published author under another name in the field of ancient historical research. He has recently returned to his home in south central Montana, where he lives alone with his cat Spike, continuing his work in the philosophies of the ancient world.