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Disempowered king : monarchy in classical Jewish literature / / Yair Lorberbaum



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Autore: Lorberbaum Yair
Titolo: Disempowered king : monarchy in classical Jewish literature / / Yair Lorberbaum
Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Continuum, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages)
Disciplina: 296.1/2083216
Soggetto topico: Kings and rulers in rabbinical literature
Kings and rulers - Biblical teaching
Rabbinical literature - History and criticism
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-199) and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Three Approaches to Kingship in Israel -- Chapter 2. Rabbinic Literature : The Law of the King -- Chapter 3. Rabbinic Literature : The King and the Law -- Chapter 4. Limited Monarchy in Tannaitic Halakhah : Reasons and Context -- Chapter 5. Echoes of Direct Theocracy and of Royal Theology in the Aggadah -- Chapter 6. The Sages' Understanding of Monarchy in Light of Their Own Political Situation.
Sommario/riassunto: "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
ISBN: 9781472548481
1472548485
9786613271709
9781283271707
1283271702
9781441127693
1441127690
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9911134360603321
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Serie: The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies