Opinion: No King in Israel
Craig Bartholomew discusses how Israelite kingship enacted a revolutionary idea: that the king, like everyone else, is under the law, not the issuer of decrees. Rule by decree in the
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Craig Bartholomew discusses how Israelite kingship enacted a revolutionary idea: that the king, like everyone else, is under the law, not the issuer of decrees. Rule by decree in the
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