Royal Idealogy
Royal Ideology
What is Royal ideology? According to some texts royal ideology means, the king appointed the elite on the basis of merit, and in ancient conditions of high mortality the elite had to be open to recruits from outside. There was, however, also an ideal that a son should succeed his father. In periods of weak central control this principle predominated, and in the late period the whole society became more rigid and stratified. Royal Ideology to me believes that the king is considered to be in the same level of power as Yahweh, and vice versa. Throughout the study of Ancient Israel there are many things that support this idea, the acknowledgement of the king as Yahweh’s anointed one and the function of the king as one whom Yahweh willed to deliver Israel. The best example to me is when King David was still anointed and chosen by the men of Judah and later by the elders of Israel but he also conquered Jerusalem and called it the city of David. According to many Biblical texts King David was seen as both a hero and a villain. But the genius of David is that he unified very diverse groups, as we see in the time of Saul there are many cultic centers and high places, such as Shiloh and Bethel. David centralizes national government in contradistinction to Saul's rustic rule and establishes a centralized government and religious cultism at the city of Jerusalem. The brilliance of this move is that Jerusalem was neither an Israelite nor a Judite city. Another part of royal Ideology was when David would be the prophecy of Nathan. This is where the text states that Yahweh promises to make a house for David and to establish his throne of his kingdom forever. Yahweh also states that I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: but my mercy shall not depart away from him as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. And thine house and thy kingdom
What is Royal ideology? According to some texts royal ideology means, the king appointed the elite on the basis of merit, and in ancient conditions of high mortality the elite had to be open to recruits from outside. There was, however, also an ideal that a son should succeed his father. In periods of weak central control this principle predominated, and in the late period the whole society became more rigid and stratified. Royal Ideology to me believes that the king is considered to be in the same level of power as Yahweh, and vice versa. Throughout the study of Ancient Israel there are many things that support this idea, the acknowledgement of the king as Yahweh’s anointed one and the function of the king as one whom Yahweh willed to deliver Israel. The best example to me is when King David was still anointed and chosen by the men of Judah and later by the elders of Israel but he also conquered Jerusalem and called it the city of David. According to many Biblical texts King David was seen as both a hero and a villain. But the genius of David is that he unified very diverse groups, as we see in the time of Saul there are many cultic centers and high places, such as Shiloh and Bethel. David centralizes national government in contradistinction to Saul's rustic rule and establishes a centralized government and religious cultism at the city of Jerusalem. The brilliance of this move is that Jerusalem was neither an Israelite nor a Judite city. Another part of royal Ideology was when David would be the prophecy of Nathan. This is where the text states that Yahweh promises to make a house for David and to establish his throne of his kingdom forever. Yahweh also states that I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: but my mercy shall not depart away from him as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. And thine house and thy kingdom