Transforming Authority

Concepts of Leadership in Prophetic and Chronistic Literature

322 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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).

• Reihe: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
• ISBN: 9783110646313
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.09.2021
• Genre: Religion, Theologie/Religiöse Schriften, Gebete, Gesangbücher, Meditationen
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Herausgegeben von: Katharina Pyschny, Sarah Schulz