Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Lloyd Barre <barre AT c-zone.net>]

Dear List People,

I am interested in the shape of selected Israelite traditions that created 
and maintained various types of authority in Ancient Israel, and in how it 
was that they were variously applied to specific historical situations.  For 
example, how do the Sinai traditions function to legitimate cultic law, how 
does the notion of an eternal dynasty serve the political ambitions of David 
and his descendants, how does the traditions of the promises to Abraham or 
Psalm 2 justify political imperialism, or how does the Dueteronomic emphasis 
on the "chosen people" sanction invasion with the context of war ideology?  
When did these traditions take shape and what political programs did they 
serve and when?


Lloyd M. Barre, Ph.D.

barre AT c-zone.net
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/AncientIsrael

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