YHWH is king : : the development of divine kingship in ancient Israel / / by Shawn W. Flynn.
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,...
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| Superior document: | Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, Volume 159 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ;
v. 159. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004263047 |
| ISSN: | 0083-5889 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Shawn W. Flynn. |