topic: What images of kingship emerged among the Sumerians, Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians, and Hebrews in the ancient Near East. Compare and contrast competing visions of oppression and caring for the weak in the various sources. SOURCES DO NOT NEED TO BE CITED – here are the sources needed for the paper- again they do not need to be cited in the paper On Creation: Genesis 1:1-2:3; 2:4-4:3 Psalm 74 (especially verses 13-17) Psalm 104 Job 41 Isaiah 27 Legal Material: Exodus 19-22 Leviticus 19 Deuteronomy 13:6-10; 16: 18-20; 19:15-19; 23:15-16; 24:14-22 Prophetic Examples: Amos Isaiah chapters 1-5, 40-42, 61 Kingship: I Samuel 10 II Samuel chapters 5-7 I Kings chapters 2-6; 11:25-19:18 Fall of Israel and Judah and Exile II Kings chapters 16-25