TY  - BOOK
AU  - Halpern, Baruch 
TI  - The constitution of the monarchy in Israel: / 
T2  - Harvard Semitic monographs, 
SN  - 9780891305361089130536X
AV  - BS1199.K5  .H34 1981
PY  - 1981///
CY  - Chico, Calif. : 
PB  - Scholars Press, 
KW  - Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Kings and rulers -- Biblical teaching.Jews -- Kings and rulers
N1  - 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
ER  -