David Playing the Harp, Northeastern University - Boston, MA
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This sculpture is an abstract representation of David playing his harp - though the harp that he used was probably not a full-sized instrument such as this one.
Waymark Code: WMCFA4
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2011
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In Boston, within the Northeastern University main campus, is a series of sculptures along a back path between some buildings and the Orange Line-Train corridor. One of these statues is of an abstract figure. The title on a plaque says, "David Playing the Harp."
David refers to King David of Israel, back in Biblical Old Testament times. Hebrew tradition states that the Psalms in the Bible are attributed to David - 73 of them have his name on them. The Christian New Testament collaborates on six of them. Modern scholars are divided on which were actually his. One statement in Wikipedia even stated that many of them could have been his son. We will never know for sure.
What's for sure is that David would not have had a large harp like in the sculpture. He is more likely to have had something closer to a lyre, a hand-held instrument. Nothing like a little artistic license!
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Widipedia (Psalms):
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