{"product_id":"transforming-authority","title":"Transforming Authority","description":"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).","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57334976708952,"sku":"9783111256009","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783111256009_9ff9c6f3-ba79-4f4f-9cce-b8306d7cc5fb.jpg?v=1780039863","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/transforming-authority","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}