Leadership in a Time of Transition: An Analogy between Post-exilic Judah/Yehud and Post- Apartheid South Africa
There are certain analogies between the post-exilic community in Judah (or Persian Yehud and post-apartheid South Africa. According to the OT two prominent leaders took responsibility for the rebuilding of post-exilic Judah/Yehud: the governor Zerubbabel and the high priest Joshua (cf. Ezra, Nehemia...
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| description | There are certain analogies between the post-exilic community in Judah (or Persian Yehud and post-apartheid South Africa. According to the OT two prominent leaders took responsibility for the rebuilding of post-exilic Judah/Yehud: the governor Zerubbabel and the high priest Joshua (cf. Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai and Zechariah). Two prominent leaders made a major contribution in post-apartheid South Africa: president Nelson Mandela as political leader and archbishop Desmond Tutu as religious leader. This article will make a comparison between these two different communities and their leaders. The article will briefly discuss the respective leaders and will focus on the following analogies: both communities had an influential political leader and a religious leader; the diarchic model of leadership lasted only a few years in Judah/Yehud and in South Africa; the concept of forgiveness played a significant role in both communities (cf. Zech 3 and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission); there was a temple building process in Judah/Yehud and a process of nation building in South Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d35d8e8c45974b35b2a209f334a7105a2022-12-21T18:42:00ZafrOld Testament Society of South AfricaOld Testament Essays1010-99192312-36212017-02-0130112815010.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n1a8Leadership in a Time of Transition: An Analogy between Post-exilic Judah/Yehud and Post- Apartheid South AfricaDaniel F. O'Kennedy0Stellenbosch UniversityThere are certain analogies between the post-exilic community in Judah (or Persian Yehud and post-apartheid South Africa. According to the OT two prominent leaders took responsibility for the rebuilding of post-exilic Judah/Yehud: the governor Zerubbabel and the high priest Joshua (cf. Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai and Zechariah). Two prominent leaders made a major contribution in post-apartheid South Africa: president Nelson Mandela as political leader and archbishop Desmond Tutu as religious leader. This article will make a comparison between these two different communities and their leaders. The article will briefly discuss the respective leaders and will focus on the following analogies: both communities had an influential political leader and a religious leader; the diarchic model of leadership lasted only a few years in Judah/Yehud and in South Africa; the concept of forgiveness played a significant role in both communities (cf. Zech 3 and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission); there was a temple building process in Judah/Yehud and a process of nation building in South Africa.LeadershipJoshuaZerubbabelNelson MandelaDesmond Tutu |
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| title | Leadership in a Time of Transition: An Analogy between Post-exilic Judah/Yehud and Post- Apartheid South Africa |
| title_full | Leadership in a Time of Transition: An Analogy between Post-exilic Judah/Yehud and Post- Apartheid South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Leadership in a Time of Transition: An Analogy between Post-exilic Judah/Yehud and Post- Apartheid South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leadership in a Time of Transition: An Analogy between Post-exilic Judah/Yehud and Post- Apartheid South Africa |
| title_short | Leadership in a Time of Transition: An Analogy between Post-exilic Judah/Yehud and Post- Apartheid South Africa |
| title_sort | leadership in a time of transition an analogy between post exilic judah yehud and post apartheid south africa |
| topic | Leadership Joshua Zerubbabel Nelson Mandela Desmond Tutu |
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