Transforming Authority: Concepts of Leadership in Prophetic and Chronistic Literature

Katharina Pyschny (Curatore)

Sarah Schulz (Curatore)

De Gruyter, 2023

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).

• Curatore: Katharina Pyschny, Sarah Schulz
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Collana: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 330 p.
• Dimensioni: 230 x 155 mm
• Peso: 646 gr.
• EAN: 9783111256009

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