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Royal Illness and Kingship Ideology in the Hebrew Bible

Hardback

Main Details

Title Royal Illness and Kingship Ideology in the Hebrew Bible
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Isabel Cranz
SeriesSociety for Old Testament Study Monographs
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:275
Dimensions(mm): Height 145,Width 220
Category/GenreChristianity
Biblical studies
Judaism
Judaism - sacred texts
ISBN/Barcode 9781108830492
ClassificationsDewey:222.06
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 22 October 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this book, Isabel Cranz offers the first systematic study of royal illness in the Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles. Applying a diachronic approach, she compares and contrasts how the different views concerning kingship and illness are developed in the larger trajectory of the Hebrew Bible. As such, she demonstrates how a framework of meaning is constructed around the motif of illness, which is expanded in several redactional steps. This development takes different forms and relates to issues such as problems with kingship, the cultic, and moral conduct of individual kings, or the evaluation of dynasties. Significantly, Cranz shows how the scribes living in post-monarchic Judah expanded the interpretive framework of royal illness until it included a message of destruction and a critique of kingship. The physical and mental integrity of the king, therefore, becomes closely tied to his nation and the political system he represents.

Author Biography

Isabel Cranz is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. Her area of specialization is the Hebrew Bible in relation to its ancient Near Eastern contexts. She is the author of Atonement and Purification: Priestly and Assyro-Babylonian Perspectives on Sin and its Consequences.