Like most Middle Eastern kings, the king of Judah was raised to a semidivine state of exception during the coronation ritual, when he became Yahweh’s adopted son and a member of the Divine Assembly of gods.
Karen Armstrong
Like most Middle Eastern kings, the king of Judah was raised to a semidivine state of exception during the coronation ritual, when he became Yahweh’s adopted son and a member of the Divine Assembly of gods.