Halpern, Baruch  <br/><br/>
The constitution of the monarchy in Israel  /  
Baruch Halpern 
 - Chico, Calif. :   Scholars Press,   1981 
 - xxvii, 410 p.  ;  23 cm. 
 - Harvard Semitic monographs,   25 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780891305361089130536X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Kings and rulers -- Biblical teaching.Jews -- Kings and rulers.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1199.K5   / .H34 1981