Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
134,1 (2022) 40-54
Keywords:
Zedekiah,
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible. Influence
;
Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
;
Authority Religious aspects
;
Judaism
Abstract:
The notion that the Torah represents a supervening »rule of law« that circumscribes the political and legal authority of the king stems from a particular Deuteronomistic scribal circle that worked long after the Davidic monarchy had ended. Using Zedekiah’s edict (Jer 34:8–22) as a case study, this paper examines how Deuteronomistic redactors recast the final normative legal act of an independent Judahite king as his pious application of Pentateuchal law.
DOI:
10.1515/zaw-2022-0002
URL:
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