TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martins,Francisco
TI  - “Must we be governed by a king?” The parable of the trees (Judges 9:8-15): Between satire and apology
PY  - 2018///.
							
N1  - 80
N2  - This article seeks to revisit the significance and social function of the so-called “Jotham’s fable of the trees” (Judges 9:8-15). This text still remains a veritable crux interpretum, as shown in the short description of the status quaestionis. A systematic analysis of each of the elements of this short story will focus our attention on the possible implications of identifying the אָטָד with a tree of the Ziziphus species. Our suggestion is that satire of the monarchical regime is not the sole intention behind the fable, but that the “king-ʾāṭād” is in fact a figure of the mission that such an institution can assume when a nation is confronted with periods and situations of distress
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-etudes-theologiques-et-religieuses-2018-2-page-209?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -