RT Book
T1 Disempowered king: monarchy in classical Jewish literature
T2 The Kogod library of Judaic studies
JF The Kogod library of Judaic studies
A1 Lorberbaum, Yair 1958-
LA English
PP London u.a.
PB Continuum
YR 2011
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/632750561
AB 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
NO Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BM496.9.K5
SN 9781441140883
SN 9781441154293
SN 1441154299
SN 1441140883
K1 Bible : Old Testament : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Kings and rulers : Biblical teaching
K1 Rabbinical literature : History and criticism
K1 Kings and rulers in rabbinical literature