A Monarchy and a Half: the Ancient Israelite Statehood Evaluated
Abstract
This is the last article in the series of six articles, which altogether deal with the reconstruction of the history of the Ancient Israel. Its task is to offer the most plausible model of the emergence and the subsequent development as monarchic states of the kingdoms of Judaea and Israel. Methodologically, the research is based upon the narrative analysis. The key question is whether did exist the unified monarchy with Jerusalem as its capital during the rule of King David. To answer the question whether it did exist indeed and if yes then in what form one must compare the Biblical narratives with their author's ideology. The research shows that the actual “unified monarchy” was It appears that the unified monarchy was more likely “a project”, which in the actual narration was turned into the narrated past.
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About the Author
A. S. Desnitsky
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey S. Desnitsky - Ph. D. habil. (Philol.), Professor, Senior Research fellow, Department of Ancient Orient, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
Moscow.
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Desnitsky A.S. A Monarchy and a Half: the Ancient Israelite Statehood Evaluated. Orientalistica. 2020;3(3):619-643. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2020-3-3-619-643
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