tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post2418596536623103698..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: How Divine Were ANE Kings?Michael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-37271504405055657112009-07-24T03:11:58.766-05:002009-07-24T03:11:58.766-05:00Middleton's The Liberating Image is a good rea...Middleton's <i>The Liberating Image</i> is a good read on this stuff.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641805384260706563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-23217845680025746652009-07-24T01:23:08.096-05:002009-07-24T01:23:08.096-05:00I think, too, that Exod 19:5-6 flows from this not...I think, too, that Exod 19:5-6 flows from this notion that God's new humanity is both royal and a company of "holy ones", taking the place in the presence of God normally occupied by lesser divinities in ANE contexts, e.g. Ugarit. The Israelite monarch is thus an embodiment of the people as whole in their exalted position before God.John Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786988907779208753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-91231528615510636442009-07-23T20:14:41.515-05:002009-07-23T20:14:41.515-05:00Collins always writes solid work. I wonder what y...Collins always writes solid work. I wonder what you would make of 1 Chron. 29:20-23 at the enthronement of Solomon where the people worship (one verb) both the king and God in one action while Solomon sits on the throne of YHWH--how this might fit your first point?Jared Calawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.com