Self-interest or communal interest : an ideology of leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech, and Jephthah narratives (Judg. 6-12) /

Self-interest or communal interest : an ideology of leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech, and Jephthah narratives (Judg. 6-12) /

This book provides an extensive literary analysis of the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah narratives in Judges 6-12, and discloses the main intention of these stories. The book consists of three chapters, each of which analyses the respective biblical narratives. These narratives show the two paramete...

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Main Author: Assis, Eliyahu.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 106
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 106.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.

Subjects:

Bible. > O.T. > Judges VI-XII > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Leadership in the Bible.
Gideon > (Biblical judge)
Abimelech > (Biblical figure)
Jephthah > (Biblical judge)

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Call Number: BS1199.L4 A77 2005

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • Introduction
  • The Gideon Account (6-8)
  • The Abimelech Account (9)
  • The Jephthah Account (10:6-12:7)
  • Ideology in the Historical Context
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Biblical References.