“The King Whom Yahweh Your God Chooses”: Deuteronomic Kingship in a World of Sacral Kingship

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Jerry Hwang
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Hebrew Bible scholars tend to dismiss Deuteronomy’s “Law of the King” (17:14–20) as a utopian construct that was never realistic and/or historical. Underlying these views, however, are certain assumptions about what is culturally plausible in a world dominated by sacral kingship. Since this is the most common form of government in human history, generalizations about the historicity of Deuteronomic kingship requires an intercultural analysis of theopolitics, divine right of kings, and separation of powers. This article sets Deuteronomic kingship in the larger context of sacral kingship in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. What then emerges is the bridging of a notable false dichotomy in scholarship – Israel’s form of sacral kingship is both distinctive as well as realistic in nature. This suggests that skepticism about the historicity of the “Law of the King” is beholden to a Eurocentric frame of reference which is also skeptical of Western-style absolute monarchy.
“耶和华你神所拣选的王”:神圣王权世界中的申命记王权
希伯来文圣经学者倾向于将申命记的“王的律法”(17:14-20)视为一种乌托邦式的建构,它从来都不是现实的和/或历史的。然而,在这些观点的基础上,有一些假设,即在一个由神圣王权统治的世界里,什么在文化上是合理的。由于这是人类历史上最常见的政府形式,对申命记王权的历史性进行概括需要对神权政治、国王的神权和分权进行跨文化分析。本文将申命记王权置于亚洲、非洲、欧洲和美洲的骶骨王权的大背景下。然后出现的是学术界一个明显错误的二分法的桥接——以色列的圣教王权形式在本质上既独特又现实。这表明,对《国王法》历史性的怀疑受制于以欧洲为中心的参照系,该参照系也对西方式的绝对君主制持怀疑态度。
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