The Politics of Dead Kings

Dynastic Ancestors in the Book of Kings and Ancient Israel

by Matthew J. Suriano

Extent: 211 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Biblical Studies

Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe

Series volume number: 48

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2010)

ISBN: 9783161504730

Price: $87.00

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In the narrative of Israel and Judah found in the Book of Kings, the end of a king’s rule is summed up in a series of stock statements that begin with the poetic idiom for death: and [the king] lay with his fathers. The summary statements all revolve around the problem of royal death and succession, encapsulated in a brief epilogue that consisted typically of a notice of burial (in the royal tombs) and the introduction of the successor. As such, the formulaic statements conveyed royal legitimacy through the ideals of political continuity and the linear descent of power. The formulaic epilogues reflected the importance of funerary rituals and royal tombs in their ability to confront the political problem posed by a king’s death and the subsequent act of dynastic succession. This political ideology found in the epilogues of Kings was consistent with the political landscape of the Levant during the Iron Age.

By (author) Matthew J Suriano

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