Cat Quine
Athaliah and the Theopolitics of Royal Assassination
Quine, Cat
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Abstract
While the kingdom of Israel experienced eight military coups in its shorter history, the kingdom of Judah saw only four assassinations of its monarchs, three of which were Athaliah, her usurper, and his successor. 1 This sequence of untimely royal deaths in Judah stands in contrast to the stability of Israel's royal line under the Jehuite dynasty, whose kings are also said to have entreated Yahweh, sought advice from prophets, and defeated Judah at Beth-Shemesh. From a later perspective it seems that whereas Yahweh previously protected the Judahite kings, in the ninth-eighth centuries BCE the Jehuite kings enjoyed Yahweh's favour more than the Davidides. This paper thus considers the theopolitical impact of untimely royal deaths in ninth-eighth century Judah and argues that the instability of the Judahite royal line after her marriage contributed to the negative biblical portrayal of Athaliah and the Omride-Judahite alliance.
Citation
Quine, C. (2020). Athaliah and the Theopolitics of Royal Assassination. Semitica, 62, 111-127
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 13, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 31, 2020 |
Publication Date | Dec 31, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jan 21, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Semitica |
Print ISSN | 0373-630X |
Electronic ISSN | 2466-6815 |
Publisher | Peeters |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 62 |
Pages | 111-127 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3775185 |
Related Public URLs | https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=CMS.php§ion=open_access |
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