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).
