Debating Authority

Debating Authority

Concepts of Leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets

In: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 507

Edited by: Katharina Pyschny and Sarah Schulz

De Gruyter | 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110543391

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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).

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Katharina Pyschny, University of Lausanne, Switzerland and Sarah Schulz, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	I
Preface Katharina Pyschny and Sarah Schulz Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	V
Table of Contents Free access PDF PDF	VII
Debating Authority – Concepts of Leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets: An Introduction Katharina Pyschny and Sarah Schulz Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
Concepts of Leadership in the Book of Exodus Wolfgang Oswald Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	17
Moses vs. Aaron: The Clash of Prophetic and Priestly Concepts of Leadership in the Pentateuch Christoph Berner Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	31
Aaron’s Vestments in Exodus 28 and Priestly Leadership Christophe Nihan and Julia Rhyder Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	45
Priestly Leadership in the Book of Leviticus: A Hidden Agenda Thomas Hieke Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	68
Leadership and Conflict: Modelling the Charisma of Numbers Christian Frevel Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	89
Debated Leadership: Conflicts of Authority and Leadership in Num 16–17 Katharina Pyschny Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	115
“[...] 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 Kirsten M. Schäfers Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	132
“You Shall Walk Exactly on the Way which YHWH Your God has Commanded You”: Characteristics of Deuteronomy’s Concepts of Leadership Ruth Ebach Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	159
Competing Competencies: The Struggle for Authority in Deut 17:8–13 in Comparative Perspective Harald Samuel Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	178
Post mortem Mosi: Conceptualizing Leadership in the Book of Joshua Joachim J. Krause Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	193
Gideon, a Liminal Leader: The Transformation of Leadership Concepts in Judg 6–8 Sarah Schulz and Manuel Schäfer Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	206
The Structures of Offices in the Heroic Narratives and Judge Narratives and Their Literary-Historical Development Friedrich-Emanuel Focken Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	219
Samuel’s Political Career Hannes Bezzel Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	248
Saul, the Charismatic King: Concepts of Political Leadership in 1Sam 11 Reinhard Müller Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	262
From David to Solomon, from Crisis to Leadership Till Magnus Steiner Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	288
Prophetic Leadership in the Books of Kings Ruth Sauerwein Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	302
The Unique Status of Jehu’s Dynasty Jonathan Miles Robker Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	314
Debating Authority – Concepts of Leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets: A Synthesis Katharina Pyschny and Sarah Schulz Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	329
List of Contributors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	344
Index of Ancient Sources Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	345

Debating Authority

Concepts of Leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets

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