A Kingdom for a Stage: Political and Theological Reflection in the Hebrew Bible

Mark W. Hamilton

A Kingdom for a Stage: Political and Theological Reflection in the Hebrew Bible
Format
Hardback
Publisher
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
Country
Germany
Published
5 March 2018
Pages
267
ISBN
9783161555053

A Kingdom for a Stage: Political and Theological Reflection in the Hebrew Bible

Mark W. Hamilton

The political rhetoric of ancient Israel took several literary, architectural, and graphic forms. Much of the relevant material concerns kingship, but other loci of authority and submission also drew significant attention. Mark W. Hamilton illustrates how these texts interacted with other political rhetorics, especially those of the great Mesopotamian empires. By paying close attention to the argumentation of the Israelite literature as well as their function as epideictic oratory building solidarity with hearers he reveals the complexity of Israelite intellectual activity both during and after the period of the monarchy. By doing this he shows that this body of thought lies at the heart of Western political thought even today.

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