YHWH is king : the development of divine kingship in ancient Israel /

YHWH is king : the development of divine kingship in ancient Israel /

Amidst various methodologies for the comparative study of the Hebrew Bible, at times the opportunity arises to improve on a method recently introduced into the field. In YHWH is King , Flynn uses the anthropological method of cultural translation to study diachronic change in YHWH's kingship. H...

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Main Author: Flynn, Shawn W.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 159.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.

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Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
God > Kingship > Biblical teaching.
Kings and rulers > Biblical teaching.

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Call Number: BS1192.6 .F59 2014+

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Summary:Amidst various methodologies for the comparative study of the Hebrew Bible, at times the opportunity arises to improve on a method recently introduced into the field. In YHWH is King , Flynn uses the anthropological method of cultural translation to study diachronic change in YHWH's kingship. Here, such change is compared to a similar Babylonian development to Marduk's kingship. Based on that comparison and informed by cultural translation, Flynn discovers that Judahite scribes suppressed the earlier YHWH warrior king and promoted a creator/universal king in order to combat the increasing threat of Neo-Assyrian imperialism. Flynn thus opens the possibility, that Judahite scribes engaged in a cultural translation of Marduk to YHWH, in order to respond to the mounting Neo-Assyrian presence.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004263048
ISSN:0083-5889 ;