socio-cultural and historical contexts of ancient leadership
I am trying to grasp the historical contexts of leadership and the biblical formation of leadership. I do not own this book but a couple of friends told me it was good. Leadership Lessons from the Ancient World: How Learning from the Past Can Win You the Future Editors:Arthur Cotterell, Roger Lowe, Ian Shaw. I have a couple of brief surveys on historical contexts of the Bible. I am trying to refine this to the New Testament only. Is that possible?
Sparks, Kenton L. Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2005.
deSilva, David A.. Honor, Patronage, Kinship, & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2022.
Evans, Craig A. Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011.
I am looking to find a book or books on the socio-cultural and historical contexts of ancient forms of leadership in the New Testament. Also I want to contrast this with the leadership methods of Jesus and then look at the historical context of it. I have heard that The New Testament in Antiquity: A Survey of the New Testament within Its Cultural Contexts, 2nd ed. by Gary M. Burge; Gene L. Green was good for this type of study but it is expensive. I own the Understanding the Bible and Its World | UBW (4 vols.) collection and it is pretty good but cannot find much on leadership contexts in antiquity. I know ancient istory matters because it can form the core ideology of informed leadership. The concept of leadership has evolved along with the emergence of the ideological concept of government. Any thoughts?
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This is an excellent resources. Anything by Andrew Clarke is top notch!!!
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Walt Wright, who was president of Regent College when I started there in 1996, used to teach a course on Leadership - servant leadership, relational leadership, etc. He published a book in 2009 with IVP called Relational Leadership: A Biblical Model for Influence and Service. It's all about biblical (mostly New Testament) models of leadership. Not available in Logos, though I put in a request for it, which you could kindly vote for. But it's available from that other place in that ebook format having to do with starting a fire.
I remember a couple of books that were on the reading list for that course. One was Max DePree's Leadership is an Art. Another was Servant Leadership by Robert K. Greenleaf. The latter is also not available in Logos, but I've also requested it.
Walt also used to assign, as a final paper, reading Watership Down and writing about the leadership style of Hazel the rabbit.
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These are great suggestions but not quite what I am after, except for Relational Leadership. It is good. I read an excerpt and bought it in dead tree format. Jesus was the great servant leader. He was also transformational in his own way. I am looking for how leadership evolved throughout the sociological, historical, cultural and biblical dimensions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. I am looking to determine how Jesus was a leader, how Jesus led as a Shepherd, how leadership became in the New Testament era, how the contexts of leadership evolved, etc. Is there a good resource that covers this area?
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I would recommend Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, authored by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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Jesus' leadership style, his leadership as a shepherd, the development of leadership in the New Testament period, the evolution of leadership situations, etc. are all things I'm trying to figure out. Could you recommend a solid resource that delves into this topic?
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That is the most obvious answer in which I did read all of these books looking at it from a leadership perspective. I am looking for more academic sources on the topic. I mined the other books in this post to find new resources. I am looking for stuff published in the past 25 years. Is there a natural evolutionary tendency in the historical development of organizational structures that will render traditional leadership functions obsolete? Is a leaderless social movement an unavoidable societal necessity in the future? How can I determine the answers to these questions from a biblical perspective?
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