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Self-Interest or Communal Interest


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About the Book

This research provides a new reading of the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah narratives, and uncovers the ideology behind them. They aim to present the two parameters by which the Israelite leaders are examined, their loyalty to God and their altruistic character: A leader who prefers his own interest is doomed to fail.
About the Author: Elie Assis, Ph.D. (1999) in Biblical studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, is a Lecturer of Bible at Bar-Ilan University. He has published on literary and theological aspects of biblical narrative including a study on the Book of Joshua: From Moses to Joshua and From the Miraculous to the Ordinary (Magnes, 2005, in Hebrew).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789004143548
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Brill
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 652 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9004143548
  • Publisher Date: 28 Apr 2005
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 245 mm
  • No of Pages: 280
  • Series Title: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements
  • Sub Title: An Idealogy of Leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech And Jephthah Narratives (Judg. 6-12)
  • Width: 172 mm


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