"Some worthless and reckless fellows": landlessness and parasocial leadership in Judges
In this essay, I argue that the narratives in Judges 9, 11, and 18 should be read as examples of “parasocial” leadership in the Iron Age Levant. Specific characters such as Abimelek and Jephthah are parasocial leaders whose existence fits within known categories of regional social change. By extensi...
| Τόπος έκδοσης: | The journal of Hebrew scriptures |
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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The National Library of Canada
2011
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The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | ΗΒ Παλαιά Διαθήκη |
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| Σύνοψη: | In this essay, I argue that the narratives in Judges 9, 11, and 18 should be read as examples of “parasocial” leadership in the Iron Age Levant. Specific characters such as Abimelek and Jephthah are parasocial leaders whose existence fits within known categories of regional social change. By extension, Judges may be read as the most sustained literary product in the ancient Near East depicting a world of habiru-like actors generating political transformation. |
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| ISSN: | 1203-1542 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5508/jhs.2011.v11.a2 |