Transforming Authority Concepts of Leadership in Prophetic and Chronistic Literature

Human leadership is a multifaceted topic in the Hebrew Bible from a synchronic as well as diachronic perspective. A large range of distributions emerges from the successive sharpening or modification of different aspects of leadership. While some of them are combined to a complex figuration of leade...

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Becking, Bob, Bortz, Anna Maria, Claassens, M., Cranz, Isabel, Erzberger, Johanna, Gonzalez, Hervé, Jonker, Louis C., Juliana, L., Levin, Yigal, Maier, Christl M., Pyschny, Katharina (HerausgeberIn), Rückl, Jan, Schott, Martin, Schulz, Sarah (HerausgeberIn), Zvi, Ehud Ben
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2021]
Zusammenfassung:
Human leadership is a multifaceted topic in the Hebrew Bible from a synchronic as well as diachronic perspective. A large range of distributions emerges from the successive sharpening or modification of different aspects of leadership. While some of them are combined to a complex figuration of leadership, others remain reserved for certain individuals. Furthermore, it can be considered a consensus within scholarly debate, that concepts of leadership have a certain connection to the history of ancient Israel which is, though, hard to ascertain. Following a previous volume that focused on the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets (BZAW 507), this volume deals with different concepts of leadership in selected Prophetic (Hag/Zech; Jer) and Chronistic literature Ezr/Neh; Chr). They are examined in a literary, (religious-/tradition-) historical and theological perspective. Special emphasis is given to phenomena of transforming authority and leadership claims in exilic/post-exilic times. Hence, the volume contributes to biblical theology and sheds new light on the redaction/reception history of the texts. Not least, it provides valuable insights into the history of religious and/or political “authorities” in Israel and Early Judaism(s)
Umfang:
1 online resource (VIII, 322 p.)
ISBN:
9783110650358
DOI:
10.1515/9783110650358
Schlagworte:
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
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