Yhwh Is King

The Development of Divine Kingship in Ancient Israel
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-26303-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 159, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flynn, Shawn W

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Shawn W. Flynn, PhD. (2012), University of Toronto, is an Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Saint Joseph's College-University of Alberta. He has published articles in journals such as Biblica and Catholic Biblical Quarterly.