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Disempowered King: Monarchy in Classical Jewish Literature

Disempowered King: Monarchy in Classical Jewish Literature - The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

Disempowered King studies the conception of kingship, and its status, powers and authority in Talmudic literature. The book deals with the conception of kingship against the background of the different approaches to kingship both in Biblical literature and in the political views prevalent in the Roman Empire. In the Bible one finds three (exclusive) approaches to kingship: rejection of the king as a legitimate political institution - since God is the (political) king; a version of royal theology according to which the king is divine (or sacral); and a view that God is not a political king yet the king has no divine or sacral dimension. The king is flesh and blood; hence his authority and power are limited. He is a 'disempowered king'. Disempowered King is the first book to offer a comprehensive study of kingship in Talmudic literature and its biblical (and contemporary) background. The book offers a fresh conceptual framework that sheds new light on both the vast minutia and the broad picture.

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Bloomsbury Continuum

Book information

ISBN: 9781441140883
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub date:
DEWEY: 296.12083216
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 374g
Height: 233mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 17mm