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Disempowered king : monarchy in classical Jewish literature / Yair Lorberbaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lorberbaum, Yair, author.
- Series:
- The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies
- Kogod library of Judaic studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Kings and rulers in rabbinical literature.
- Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.
- Kings and rulers.
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Continuum, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Disempowered 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 Roman Empire. In the Bible one finds three (exclusive) approaches to kingship: rejection of the king as a legitimate political institution - since God is the (political) king; a version of royal theology according to which the king is divine (or sacral); and a view that God is not a political king yet the king has no divine or sacral dimension. The king is flesh and blood; hence his authority and power are limited. He is a 'disempowered king'. Disempowered King is the first book to offer a comprehensive study of kingship in Talmudic literature and its biblical (and contemporary) background. The book offers a fresh conceptual framework that sheds new light on both the vast minutia and the broad picture."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Three Approaches to Kingship in Israel
- Chapter 2. Rabbinic Literature : The Law of the King
- Chapter 3. Rabbinic Literature : The King and the Law
- Chapter 4. Limited Monarchy in Tannaitic Halakhah : Reasons and Context
- Chapter 5. Echoes of Direct Theocracy and of Royal Theology in the Aggadah
- Chapter 6. The Sages' Understanding of Monarchy in Light of Their Own Political Situation.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-199) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781472548481
- 1472548485
- 9786613271709
- 9781283271707
- 1283271702
- 9781441127693
- 1441127690
- OCLC:
- 1058775606
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