Grottanelli, Cristiano: Kings and Prophets

Monarchic Power, Inspired Leadership and Sacred Text in Biblical Narrative. In the book, comprising a series of published and unpublished essays, Grottanelli focuses on the subject of kingship in the ancient world. The essays explore the ways in which centralized state power, as epitomized by the sacred king, encounters other oppositional forms of power, such as those possessed by prophets, tricksters, and women. Grottanelli's special concern is the way in which mythic narratives and other forms of religious discourse both reflect this tension and play a role in the historic struggles between these competing forms of power. X,210 Seiten, gebunden (Oxford University Press 1999) textsauberes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, berieben mit leichter Randlädierung/clean text pages, minor traces of use, rubbed with slight damage to the edge

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