God king or king of God? : the royal ideology presented through the Deuteronomistic history.

The civilizations of the ancient Near East show many signs of cultural exchange and influence. One shared aspect could be royal ideologies. There are common attributes, such as the importance of order and the intertwining of politics and religion. This research involves comparing the reigns of the Mesopotamian kings Hammurabi and Sennacherib with David and Solomon in the Deuteronomistic History. Through comparing their rules, the research attempts to derive the similarities and the uniqueness of the Judean kingship compared to the Mesopotamian civilizations. Despite some universal traits, the royal ideology shown in the Deuteronomistic History distinguishes itself by embedding itself with the Covenantal Theology of Deuteronomy.

Author dc:creator

• Bang, Timothy D., 2000-

Contributors dc:contributor

• Shafer-Elliott, Cynthia, 1975-

• Royal ideology.
• Kingship.
• Deuteronomistic history.

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en

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https://hdl.handle.net/2104/14004

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oai:tdl-ir.tdl.org:2104/14004