There's such divinity doth hedge a king : selected essays of Nicolas Wyatt on royal ideology in Ugaritic and Old Testament literature / Nicolas Wyatt.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-290) and index.

"Araunah the Jebusite" and the throne of David -- "Jedidiah" and cognate forms as a title of royal legitimization -- Cain's wife -- The hollow crown : ambivalent elements in West Semitic royal ideology -- Echoes of the king and his ka : an ideological motif in the story of Solomon's birth -- When Adam delved : the meaning of Genesis 3:23 -- "Supposing Him to be the gardener" (John 20:15) : -- A study of the paradise motif in John -- The meaning of El Roi and the mythological dimension of Genesis 16 -- The theogony motif in Ugarit and the Bible -- The liturgical context of Psalm 19 and its mythical and ritual origins -- Ilimilku's ideological programme : Ugaritic royal propaganda, and a biblical postscript -- Arms and the king : the earliest allusions to the Chaoskampf motif and their implications for the interpretation of the Ugaritic and biblical traditions -- Degrees of divinity : some mythical and ritual aspects of West Semitic kingship -- Ilimilku the theologian : the ideological roles of Athtar and Baal in KTU 1.1 and 1.6 -- Marriage, mayhem and murder : an everyday story of royal folk.