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Debating authority : concepts of leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets / edited by Katharina Pyschny and Sarah Schulz.
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 507.
- Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; volume 507
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.
- Bible.
- Bible. Pentateuch.
- Prophets--Congresses.
- Prophets.
- Leadership in the Bible--Congresses.
- Leadership in the Bible.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 357 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2018]
- Summary:
- The volume presents 20 articles of renowned European scholars on human leadership in the Hebrew Bible. Concepts like "priest", "prophet", "judge" and "king" are examined in a literary, historical, and theological perspective with special emphasis on coneptual changes and developments. It contributes to biblical theology as well as to the ocmplex interplay between history of ancient Israel and literary history of the Hebrew Bible.
- Contents:
- Debating authority : concepts of leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets : an introduction / Katharina Pyschny, Sarah Schulz
- Concepts of leadership in the Book of Exodus / Wolfgang Oswald
- Moses vs. Aaron : the clash of prophetic and priestly concepts of leadership in the Pentateuch / Christoph Berner
- Aaron's vestments in Exodus 28 and priestly leadership / Christophe Nihan, Julia Rhyder
- Priestly leadership in the Book of Leviticus : a hidden agenda / Thomas Hieke
- Leadership and conflict : modelling the charisma of Numbers / Christian Frevel
- Debated leadership : conflicts of authority and leadership in Num 16-17 / Katharina Pyschny
- "[...] and the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel" (Num 25:3) : who's in charge and who's to blame? : punishment, intercession, and leadership-related competences in Num 25 / Kristen M. Schäfers
- "You shall walk exactly on the way which YHWH your God has commanded you" : characteristics of Deuteronomy's concepts of leadership / Ruth Ebach
- Competing competencies : the struggle for authority in Deut 17:8-13 in comparative perspective / Harald Samuel
- Post mortem mosi : conceptualizing leadership in the Book of Joshua / Joachim J. Krause
- Gideon, a liminal leader : the transformation of leadership concepts in Judg 6-8 / Manuel Schäfer, Sarah Schulz
- The structures of offices in the heroic narratives and judge narratives and their literary-historical development / Friedrich-Emanuel Focken
- Samuel's political career / Hannes Bezzel
- Saul, the charismatic king : concepts of political leadership in 1 Sam 11 / Reinhard Müller
- From David to Solomon, from crisis to leadership / Till Magnus Steiner
- Prophetic leadership in the Book of Kings / Ruth Sauerwein
- The unique status of Jehu's dynasty / Jonathan Miles Robker
- Debating authority : concepts of leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets : a synthesis / Katharina Pyschny, Sarah Schultz.
- Notes:
- International conference proceedings.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- 9783110542752 (ePub : online)
- ISBN:
- 9783110540703
- 3110540703
- OCLC:
- 1046669375
- Publisher Number:
- 9783110540703
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