Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9004143548
9789004143548
9781429452984
1429452986
1280868015
9781280868016
9786610868018
6610868018
9047407377
9789047407379
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "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 parameters by which the Israelite leaders are examined, namely their loyalty to God and their altruistic character: A leader who prefers his own in interest is doomed to his own demise and brings devastation upon his people, judges does not establish a preferred governmental model, instead in considers the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of regimes. In the epilogue it is suggested that these narratives are conveniently placed in the pre-monarchic period when the question of the regime becomes part of the political debate. The book of Judges offers criteria for the choice of the right leader."--Jacket.
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| Other form: | Print version: Assis, Eliyahu. Self-interest or communal interest. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005
Online version: Assis, Eliyahu. Self-interest or communal interest. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005
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| Standard no.: | 10.1163/9789047407379
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