The Kings and Their Gods: The Pathology of Power
Daniel Berrigan's latest book is a mixture of biblical commentary, current social and political condemnation, and heightened language. Ostensibly the book uses 1 and 2 Kings to show how kings and prophets manipulated their gods for political ends, and how politicians and religious figures of to...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 150-152 |
| Review of: | The kings and their gods (Grand Rapids, Mich. [u.a.] : Eerdmans, 2008) (Brabban, J.)
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| Summary: | Daniel Berrigan's latest book is a mixture of biblical commentary, current social and political condemnation, and heightened language. Ostensibly the book uses 1 and 2 Kings to show how kings and prophets manipulated their gods for political ends, and how politicians and religious figures of today do likewise. Before the preface there is a note that Berrigan uses the NRSV and NAB, though they are “sometimes slightly altered” (p. v), “[a]nd sometimes he is rendering the biblical text in his own poetic equivalent, or creating a rich interplay of different biblical versions” (p. v). In fact, Berrigan's translation is often so free, his subsequent commentary is based on his own text, not the Bible. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csp013 |