Piety and Politics : the Dynamics of Royal Authority in Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia / Dale Launderville

by Dale Launderville

€23 · Offered by MW Books

First edition

2003, First Edition. Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Cambridge : W. B. Eerdmans. 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.....

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