Piety and politics The dynamics of royal authority in Homeric Greece, biblical Israel, and old Babylonian Mesopotamia
Launderville, Dale
Piety and politics The dynamics of royal authority in Homeric Greece, biblical Israel, and old Babylonian Mesopotamia Dale Launderville - U.S.A. William B. Eerdmans 2003 - 407tr. Hardcover 24cm
Ancient kings who did not honor the gods overlooked an indispensable means for ruling effectively in their communities. In many traditional societies, royal authority was regarded as a divine gift bestowed according to the quality of the king's relationship to God or the gods and to the people. The tension and the harmony within these human and divine relationships demanded that the king repeatedly strive to integrate the community's piety with his political strategies.
0802839940
Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects -- Israel
291.177093 / D139-L38
Piety and politics The dynamics of royal authority in Homeric Greece, biblical Israel, and old Babylonian Mesopotamia Dale Launderville - U.S.A. William B. Eerdmans 2003 - 407tr. Hardcover 24cm
Ancient kings who did not honor the gods overlooked an indispensable means for ruling effectively in their communities. In many traditional societies, royal authority was regarded as a divine gift bestowed according to the quality of the king's relationship to God or the gods and to the people. The tension and the harmony within these human and divine relationships demanded that the king repeatedly strive to integrate the community's piety with his political strategies.
0802839940
Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects -- Israel
291.177093 / D139-L38