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The Politics of Dead Kings: Dynastic Ancestors in the Book of Kings and Ancient Israel

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 15.6 x 23.3 x 1.2 cm

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In the narrative of Israel and Judah found in the Book of Kings, the end of a king's rule is summed up in a series of stock statements that begin with the poetic idiom for death: and [the king] lay with his fathers. The summary statements all revolve around the problem of royal death and succession, encapsulated in a brief epilogue that consisted typically of a notice of burial (in the royal tombs) and the introduction of the successor. As such, the formulaic statements conveyed royal legitimacy through the ideals of political continuity and the linear descent of power. The formulaic epilogues reflected the importance of funerary rituals and royal tombs in their ability to confront the political problem posed by a king's death and the subsequent act of dynastic succession. This political ideology found in the epilogues of Kings was consistent with the political landscape of the Levant during the Iron Age.
The Politics of Dead Kings: Dynastic Ancestors in the Book of Kings and Ancient Israel and Salvation Means Creation Healed
Salvation Means Creation HealedThe Politics of Dead Kings: Dynastic Ancestors in the Book of Kings and Ancient Israel
  • Author

    Matthew J. Suriano

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    October 2010

  • Weight

    350g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.3 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161504730

  • ISBN-10

    3161504739

  • Eden Code

    4892773

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