Disempowered king : monarchy in classical Jewish literature /

Disempowered king : monarchy in classical Jewish literature /

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Author / Creator:Lorberbaum, Yair.
Imprint:New York, N.Y. : Continuum, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 213 pages).
Language:English
Series:The Kogod Library of Judaci studies ; 9
Kogod library of Judaic studies ; 9.
Subject:
Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Old Testament.
Kings and rulers in rabbinical literature.
Kings and rulers -- Biblical teaching.
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
Kings and rulers in rabbinical literature.
Kings and rulers -- Biblical teaching.
Rabbinical literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11260587
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ISBN:9781441127693
1441127690
9781441154293
1441154299
9781441140883
1441140883
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and indexes.
Print version record.
Summary:Subordinated King studies the conception of kingship, and its status, powers and authority in Talmudic literature. The book deals with the conception of kingship against the background of the different approaches to kingship both in Biblical literature and in the political views prevalent in the Roman Empire. In the Bible one finds three (exclusive) approaches to kingship: rejection of the king as a legitimate political institution - since God is the (political) king; a version of royal theology according to which the king is divine (or sacral); and a view that God is not a political king yet the king has no divine or sacral dimension. The king is flesh and blood; hence his authority and power are limited. He is a 'subordinated king'. Subordinated King is the first book to offer a comprehensive study of kingship in Talmudic literature and its biblical (and contemporary) background. The book offers a fresh conceptual framework that sheds new light on both the vast minutia and the broad picture.
Other form:Print version: Lorberbaum, Yair. Disempowered king. New York, N.Y. : Continuum, 2010 9781441154293

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