the development of divine kingship in ancient Israel /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Shawn W. Flynn
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 207 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum,
Volume Designation
volume 159
ISSN of Series
0083-5889 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Stages of YHWH's kingship in ancient Israel -- Cultural translation as method -- Marduk's kingship -- The context and motivation for YHWH's new kingship -- From warrior king to creator king: change in YHWH's kingship as theological response to Neo-Assyrian imperialism
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Amidst various methodologies for the comparative study of the Hebrew Bible, at times the opportunity arises to improve on a method recently introduced into the field. In YHWH is King, Flynn uses the anthropological method of cultural translation to study diachronic change in YHWH's kingship. Here, such change is compared to a similar Babylonian development to Marduk's kingship. Based on that comparison and informed by cultural translation, Flynn discovers that Judahite scribes suppressed the earlier YHWH warrior king and promoted a creator/universal king in order to combat the increasing threat of Neo-Assyrian imperialism. Flynn thus opens the possibility, that Judahite scribes engaged in a cultural translation of Marduk to YHWH, in order to respond to the mounting Neo-Assyrian presence
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Bible., Old Testament-- Criticism, interpretation, etc