No Tolerance for Tyrants: The Biblical Assault on Kings and Kingship
No Tolerance for Tyrants is a lucidly written guide for students who wonder about the Bible’s relevance to modern political life. . . . Gnuse shows that an anti-royal bias is far more widespread in the Bible than scholars have thought, and he brilliantly uses ancient Near Eastern texts to illuminate the biblical polemic even in books like Genesis. [This] book is a wonderful mixture of historical scholarship, perceptive literary analysis, and serious concern to grasp the Bible's message for modern readers. It is biblical theology at its best.