Royal Illness and Kingship Ideology in the Hebrew Bible

Royal Illness and Kingship Ideology in the Hebrew Bible

Cranz, Isabel

Cambridge University Press

10/2020

275

Dura

Inglês

9781108830492

15 a 20 dias

460

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Introduction: Part I. The Failure of Kingship and the Demise of the Nation: Illness as Frame: 1. Royal illness in stories about the early monarchy; 2. Royal illness in the story cycles of Elijah and Elisha; 3. The illnesses of Abijah and Hezekiah in light of Israelite and Judahite history; Part II. Flawed Personalities and Divine Judgment: The Framing of Illness in the Book of Chronicles: 4. Jehoram spills his guts (Literally): The embodiment of retribution and the davidic covenant in 2 Chr 21; 5. Royal illness and self-reliance: King Asa; 6. Royal illness and arrogance: Uzziah and Hezekiah; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
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royal illness; kingship ideology; Chronistic History; Deuteronomistic History; Historiography