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Piety and politics

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Ancient kings who did not honor the gods overlooked an indispensable means for ruling effectively in their communities. In many traditional societies royal authority was regarded as a divine gift bestowed according to the quality of the relationship of the king both to God or the gods and to the people. The tension and the harmony within these human and divine relationships demanded that the king repeatedly strive to integrate the community's piety with his political strategies. This fascinating study explores the relationship between religion and royal authority in three of history's most influential civilizations: Homeric Greece, biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia.

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291.1 LAU p

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291.1 LAU p

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Grand Rapids : Wm B Eerdmans., 2002

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xvii,407p.; 24 cm.

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English

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0-8028-3994-0

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291.1

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RELIGIOUS MYTHOLOGY

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