Transforming Authority: Concepts of Leadership in Prophetic and Chronistic Literature

by Katharina Pyschny (Editor), Sarah Schulz (Editor)

Overview

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).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110646313
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	09/07/2021
Series:	Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , #518
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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

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