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 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).

About the author

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

Product details

• Assisted by: Katharina Pyschny (Editor), Schulz (Editor), Sarah Schulz (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2023
• EAN: 9783111256009
• ISBN: 978-3-11-125600-9
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 19 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 494 g
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; ISSN; Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 518
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works