Early Christian and Byzantine Political Philosophy: Origins and Background, Parte1

accepted according Ahura Alexander ancient appears Assyrian Babylonian became belief called century character cities city-states coming conception concerning court cult Cyrus Darius David described developed divine dynasty Egypt Egyptian empire especially evidence expressed followed further give given glory gods Greece Greek hand Hebrew Hellenistic honor Hvarena ideal ideas important influence inscriptions interesting interpretation Iranian Isocrates Israel Jahweh Jewish Jews judge justice king king's kingdom kingship land later Letter living Loeb Lord Mazda Messiah monarchy nature notion official Oriental origin passage period Persian political possible priest prince probably problem prophets psalms Ptolemy regarded reign religious represented respect royal rule ruler says seems shows similar spirit subjects symbolism Temple thought tion tradition whole worship written