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| Title: La teocrazia nell'antico Israele: Genesi e significato di una forma costituzionale Pages: 1-50 Type: Generic Year: 1987 Abstract: "Investigation of Josephus' term ""theocracy"" (C 2:165) and its appropriateness as a description of ancient Israel. // Ètude de caractère historique pour comprendre ce que veut dire Josèphe quand il qualifie Israel de theokratia (il est l'inventeur du terme, Contre Apion II, 165) et vérifier si Israel a véritablement été une théocratie, en parcourant les moments saillants de son histoire constitutionelle, de ses débuts jusqu'à l'epoque de Josèphe (à l'exclusion des événements chrétiens). // Theocracy in Ancient Israel. - This study is of an historical nature, since it attempts to understand what Josephus Flavius (the coiner of the term) intended when he characterized Israel as a ""theocracy"". An effort is also made to determine if in fact Israel ever had existed with such a political structure. These goals necessitate reviewing the salient events in the history which constituted Israel from its beginnings up to the time of Josephus, with the exclusion, however, of the rise of Christianity. Theocracy seems to represent one model (that of its originator) which was superimposed upon other preceding models. The biblical archetype, found in the Old Testament, seems to have been reduced to a functional value which continually calls upon and activates the genius, the rectitude and the generosity of a people." Keywords: Contra Apionem |