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Transforming Authority

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The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms i...
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  • 07 September 2021
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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).
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Price: $132.99
Pages: 330
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Publication Date: 07 September 2021
ISBN: 9783110646313
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: REL000000 RELIGION / General, REL006000 RELIGION / Bible / General, REL006090 RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, REL006140 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Prophecy, REL006410 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Language Study, REL040030 RELIGION / Judaism / History
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Katharina Pyschny, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sarah Schulz, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.



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