YHWH is king : the development of divine kingship in ancient Israel / by Shawn W. Flynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flynn, Shawn W.

Series:

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 159.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; Volume 159

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Kingship--Biblical teaching.

God.

Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.

Kings and rulers.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brill 2014

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

Stages of YHWH’s Kingship in Ancient Israel

Cultural Translation as Method

Marduk’s Kingship

The Context and Motivations for YHWH’s New Kingship

From Warrior King to Creator King: Change in YHWH’s Kingship as Theological Response to Neo-Assyrian Imperialism

Bibliography

Indices.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-26304-7

OCLC:

865656984

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004263048 DOI