King David

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Christians and Jews won't like the purely historical literature.

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Incorrect.

Also, shush

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What history and the Bible/Torah says about him are very different, so most Christians and Jews won't like the purely historical literature.

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It's too bad we don't have a view only time machine to see what really happened in history. To be honest we really don't know. Archeologist finds an ancient stone tablet with "history" written on it. We don't really know if what is written on there is true or not. The guy who engraved that tablet wrote what the guy in charge told him to in most cases, which may or may not have been fact. Sometimes events are recorded in multiple places world-wide so they are corroborated, but not often.

A time machine would probably show us that we over romanticize everything. In reality, David's time was probably filled with mud huts and raggy clothed people living essentially in the dirt. People probably had rotten teeth, bad hygiene and you wouldn't be able to walk down the street without being approached. His palace was probably great, but even that would probably be two steps down from what we imagine.

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so most Christians and Jews won't like the purely historical literature.

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You don't think christians will like that he and Jonathan were probably lovers?

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Not true.

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Well the Good Book does not say he's not gay.

It does say something to the effect of him loving Jonathan more than any woman. There are a lot of other ways to call someone your best friend without it sounding homoerotic.

Btw, while we're on the topic, Ruth and Naomi...total lesboz.