Disempowered king : monarchy in classical Jewish literature / / Yair Lorberbaum.
Subordinated 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 Rom...
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| Superior document: | The Kogod library of Judaic studies ; 9 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Kogod library of Judaic studies ;
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| Physical Description: | xi, 213 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chap. 1. Three approaches to kingship in Israel. Direct theocracy: God is the king
- Royal theology: the king is God
- Limited monarchy: the king is not God
- Chap. 2. Rabbinic literature: the law of the king. The commandment of the king
- Three commandments
- The law of the kingdom in the Book of Samuel
- Limitations on the king
- The king and war
- Separation between monarchy and priesthood
- Anointing
- Chap 3. Rabbinic literature: the king and the law. The king does not judge, nor is he judged
- Before you my judgment shall come forth
- The king's subjugation to the Torah
- Chap. 4. Limited monarchy in Tannaitic halakhah: reasons and context. That his fear shall be upon you
- Royal theology and the image of God
- Chapter 5. Echoes of direct theocracy and of royal theology in the aggadah
- Chap. 6. The sages' understanding of monarchy in light of their own political situation.