@article{ART001256475},
author={Hae Kwon Kim},
title={The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89},
journal={Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies},
issn={1229-0521},
year={2008},
volume={14},
number={2},
pages={107-127},
doi={10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hae Kwon Kim
TI - The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89
JO - Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
PY - 2008
VL - 14
IS - 2
PB - Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
SP - 107
EP - 127
SN - 1229-0521
AB - The purpose of the present paper is to explore the political theology of the Davidic covenant as embedded in Psalm 89 with special focus on the dynamic relationship between myth and history. For this end the present essay makes an exegetical inquiry into Psalm 89 with a religion-of-history approach to the tension lying between the history of the Davidic covenant and the ancient Near Eastern creation myths.
Starting from the assumption that characteristic of the religion of Israel is a perennial and unrelaxed tension between the mythic and the historical, the present essay argues that Israelite religion is continuous with the religions of Israel's neighbors, and hence continuous with a mythological tradition. I agree with F. M. Cross when he argues for the commonality between the Davidic kingship and the central, cosmogonic myth of the Canaanites in threefold areas: (1) a divine warrior battles against a god of chaos; (2) the divine warrior is victorious; and (3) the divine warrior becomes king and receives a royal palace. Cross observes that this pattern appears in some Old Testament texts in its pure, mythical form.
Through this exegetical and comparative inquiry of the Davidic covenant in Psalm 89, the present essay offers a new way of understanding the Davidic Covenant as an intersection of myth and history. Finally, the present essay concludes that the political theology of the Davidic dynasty can be best understood in the dialectical dynamic between history and myth, eventually contributing to the preservation of the people of Israel as a community who had survived many historic catastrophes in expectation of the coming of a Davidic messiah to take the vacant throne of David.
KW - David
the Davidic Covenant
Myth and History
Psalm 89
Enuma Elish
the Baal Myth
the Chaoskampf
DO - 10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107
ER -
Hae Kwon Kim. (2008). The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 14(2), 107-127.
Hae Kwon Kim. 2008, "The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89", Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, vol.14, no.2 pp.107-127. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107
Hae Kwon Kim "The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 14.2 pp.107-127 (2008) : 107.
Hae Kwon Kim. The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89. 2008; 14(2), 107-127. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107
Hae Kwon Kim. "The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 14, no.2 (2008) : 107-127.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107
Hae Kwon Kim. The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 14(2), 107-127. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107
Hae Kwon Kim. The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies. 2008; 14(2) 107-127. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107
Hae Kwon Kim. The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89. 2008; 14(2), 107-127. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107
Hae Kwon Kim. "The Political Theology of the Davidic Dynasty embedded in Psalm 89" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 14, no.2 (2008) : 107-127.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2008.14.2.107
