Instytucja monarchii w Izraelu według Iz 10,33-11,8 i Mi 5,1-4a

Abstract

The paper contains the analysis of two Old Testament predictions of the future, righteous king. The authorship of the Isa 10:33-11:8 can be attributed to the prophet Isaiah and of Mic 5:1-4a to the prophet Micah. Both texts were created in the similar period – in the time of Assyrian supremacy and the crisis of Judean monarchy. Those two texts are the only signs of the hope for the coming of the righteous monarch in pre-exilic times. The statements about the good king served as a critique of the ruling Davidic dynasty. The predicted king should represent a David-like type, what shows, that there was a strong Davidic tradition in Judah in the second half of the 8th century B.C. The oracles predict also misfortune and judgment and thus place themselves among other prophetic oracles predicting punishment to Israel.