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Knowing kings: knowledge, power and narcissism in the Hebrew Bible

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In knowing Kings, biblical scholar and comparatist Stuart Lasine offers a unique study of kingship and biblical kings. Using methods derived from psychology, literary theory, and the social sciences, he demonstrates the crucial role played by information management in the maintenance and exercise of monarchical power, and explores the paradoxical nature of the king's position in the center of society.

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Z. HANDIMAN

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221.6 LAS k

Publisher

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature., 2001

Collation

xv,342p.; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1-58983-004-0

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221.6

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OLD TESTAMENT - EXEGESIS

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