Pyschny / Schulz Transforming Authority

Concepts of Leadership in Prophetic and Chronistic Literature
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-11-064715-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten

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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).

Zielgruppe

Theology, Jewish Studies, Hebrew Bible Studies, ANE Studies, Hist

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pyschny, Katharina

Schulz, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Katharina Pyschny, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sarah Schulz, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Katharina Pyschny, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany, Sarah Schulz, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.