King and the Land - A Geography of Royal Power in the Biblical World

Zusatztext The gains of the book...are considerable for those who read with sufficient patience. They will read more knowingly about royal power in the Bible. And beyond the scope of the book itself, the tension between centralized economic-political leverage and a community-based social realty is immediately pertinent to our interpretive situation in the United States. The book will help us read more knowingly the Bible as an arena in which social power is intensely contested and our own circumstance of public power that faces acute crisis. Informationen zum Autor Stephen C. Russell is Assistant Professor of Ancient History at John Jay College, CUNY. Klappentext This book maps unexplored dimensions of royal power in the biblical world by examining archaeological and textual evidence for royal control of privately-held lands, religious buildings, collectively-governed towns, and urban water systems. Zusammenfassung This book maps unexplored dimensions of royal power in the biblical world by examining archaeological and textual evidence for royal control of privately-held lands, religious buildings, collectively-governed towns, and urban water systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. Solomon's Temple: On Space, Power, and Ancient Evidence 2. David's Threshing Floor: On Royal Dedication of Land to the Gods 3. Jehu's Dung Heap: On Royal Decommissioning of Religious Space 4. Absalom's Gate: On Royal Navigation of Collective Urban Politics 5. Hezekiah's Tunnel: On Royal Shaping of the Water Supply 6. Summary Notes Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources Index of Authors Index of Subjects

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• Authors: Stephen C. Russell, Stephen C. (Assistant Professor of Ancien Russell, Stephen C. (Assistant Professor of Ancient History Russell, Russell Stephen C.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.2016
• EAN: 9780199361885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-936188-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Ancient / Biblical Israel, Archaeology by period / region, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Biblical Archaeology, Judaism: Sacred Texts