Königtum und Gottesherrschaft

Kingship and God's reign - the Old Testament sees these two spheres as being complete opposites. This is unparalleled in the ancient Oriental world. It is especially challenging for the critical reconstruction of the history of theology of the Old Testament to try and explain the background of this theologoumenon. Reinhard Müller examines the texts concerned, and his diversified conclusions shed a new light on an area which is central to the history of the theology of the Old Testament. He places the conflicts surrounding kingship and the theological assessment of kingship in the early Persian era and shows that there are clear lines connecting these to the development of the covenant theology of the Old Testament.