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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Corporate Authors: European Association for Biblical Studies Berlin (Author), European Association for Biblical Studies (Author)
Other Authors: Pyschny, Katharina 1984- (Editor), Schulz, Sarah 1982- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceedings eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2021]
Series:Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. Beihefte volume 518
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650358
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650358
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650358
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650358
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650358
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650358
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650358
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650358
Summary: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)
Physical Description:1 Online Ressource (viii, 322 Seiten)
ISBN:9783110650358
9783110647150
DOI:10.1515/9783110650358