Debating Authority

Concepts of Leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-11-054070-3
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 507, 357 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 699 g

Reihe: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

Human leadership is a multifaceted topic in the Hebrew Bible. This holds true not only for the final form of the texts, but also for their literary history. 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 the scholarly debate, that concepts of leadership have a certain connection to the history of ancient Israel which is, though, hard to ascertain. Up to now, all these aspects of (human) leadership have been treated in a rather isolated manner. Against this background,the volume focuses on the different concepts of leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets. Concepts like "priest", "prophet", "judge", and "king" are examined in a literary, (religious-/tradition-) historical and theological perspective. Hence, the volume contributes to biblical theology and sheds new light on the redaction/reception history of the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets. Not least, it provides valuable insights into the history of religious and/or political “authorities” in Israel and Early Judaism(s).

Zielgruppe

Scholars and Students of Theology, Jewish Studies, Hebrew Bible S

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schulz, Sarah

Pyschny, Katharina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Katharina Pyschny, Universität Lausanne, Schweiz und Sarah Schulz, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Katharina Pyschny, Universität Lausanne, Schweiz und Sarah Schulz, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.