Knowing Kings
Knowledge, Power, and Narcissism in the Hebrew Bible (Semeia Studies (Paper).)
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Word Count
85,500 words, Guess
Page Count
342 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveknowingkingsknow0000lasi
- ISBN-101589830040
- ISBN-139781589830042
- LibraryThing6513768
- Library of Congress Control Number2001018399
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number45756132
- Better World BooksO9-BRS-690
- Open LibraryOL8844393M
Classifications
- LCCBS1199.K5 L37 2001
Description
"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. Lasine's interdisciplinary approach includes illuminating interpretations of the biblical Saul, David, and Solomon, as well as the kingly figures Adam and Job. Among the non-biblical monarchs discussed are Ramesses II, Esarhaddon, Homer's Achilles, and Sophocles's King Oedipus. Lasine shows that the concept of narcissism provides a valuable tool for understanding the behavior of biblical kings, including the divine king and parent Yahweh. Knowing Kings, painstakingly researched and carefully documented, is frequently surprising as Lasine employs a variety of inventive styles to keep the discussion lively and to sustain the reader's interest."--BOOK JACKET.
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