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The Decline of the Shepherd Metaphor as Royal Self-Expression1

Jørn Varhaug

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Literature060303 religions & theologybusiness.product_categoryLiterature and Literary TheoryMetaphorbusiness.industrymedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesReligious studies050109 social psychology06 humanities and the artsArt0603 philosophy ethics and religionOld TestamentRulerMonarchy0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesbusinessmedia_common

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In the Old Testament, shepherd is a common metaphor of kingship, and this metaphor is sometimes also used to denote the Israelite god as a ruler (See for instance HALOT entry הער ). In Assyrian, Ba...

https://doi.org/10.1080/09018328.2019.1599623