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The constitution of the monarchy in Israel /

Halpern, Baruch

The constitution of the monarchy in Israel / Baruch Halpern - Chico, Calif. : Scholars Press, 1981 - xxvii, 410 p. ; 23 cm. - Harvard Semitic monographs, 25 .

I. Religious institutions touching the monarchy -- 1. The Nagid in monarchic Israel -- 2. Theories of dynasty in Israel : Anointment and the kingship ritual ; Temple and the king's covenant ; Thy dynastic covenant -- II. Ritual, liturgy and the myth of leadership in Israel -- 3. The conceptual background of the ritual of kingship : Kingship renewal in Mesopotamia ; Yhwh's kingship ; The place of enthronement in the cult ; The new year in Israel and the myth of the divine warrior -- 4. The pattern for Mundane leadership in Israel -- 5. The royal ritual -- 6. Source problems in the first book of Samuel -- III. The kingship in historical perspective -- 7. The constitution of the monarchy in Israel : Confederacy and kingship ; The assembly ; The early monarchy.

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Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Kings and rulers -- Biblical teaching.Jews -- Kings and rulers.

BS1199.K5 / .H34 1981
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