Vicarious kingship
Subtitle: a theme in Syriac political theology in late antiquity
By: Manolis Papoutsakis
Series: Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum -- 100; Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum -- 100.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9783161539299
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; History; Syriac Christian poetry; Political theology; God; Kingship; Bible
Description: In Late Antiquity, the biblical text served as the fundamental source of reference for Syriac intellectuals in their thinking about political power. Manolis Papoutsakis takes this point seriously and explains in detail the different exegetical steps by which certain attitudes to imperial power were reached.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.