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041			_aeng
050			_aBS1199.K5 _b.H34 1981
100			_aHalpern, Baruch
245		4	_aThe constitution of the monarchy in Israel _b/ _cBaruch Halpern
260			_aChico, Calif. : _bScholars Press, _c1981
300			_axxvii, 410 p. _b; _c23 cm.
490			_aHarvard Semitic monographs, _v25
505			_aI. 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.
650			_aBible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Kings and rulers -- Biblical teaching.Jews -- Kings and rulers.
999			_c39919 _d39919