Leadership, Social Memory and Judean Discourse in the Fifth-Second Centuries BCE

Zvi , Ehud Ben

ISBN 10: 1781792682 / ISBN 13: 9781781792681

Published by Equinox Publishing, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leadership, Social Memory and Judean Discourse in the Fifth-Second Centuries BCE
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781792682
• ISBN 13: 9781781792681
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: New
• Weight: 25 ounces

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Synopsis

The theme of leadership played an important role in ancient Israel and its discourse. It was explored time and again through memories of proper, improper and in-between leaders and through memories of particular institutions like monarchy, priesthood, and prophethood. The ways in which this theme was shaped, reflected and explored through social memory and how, in turn, those memories played a socializing role within the community is the focus of this collection of essays. Although the nature and limitations of kingship, both native and foreign, is a central theme of many of the essays, the volume includes discussions of both official and unofficial local leadership within an empire setting, alternatives to royal leadership like theocracy, charismatic judgeship, and Greek-style tyrants, as well as considerations of Greek political discourse on the best type of leadership.

About the Author

Diana V. Edelman is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo. Ehud Ben Zvi is Professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta.