Leadership in a time of transition : an analogy between post-exilic Judah/Yehud and post-apartheid South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | O'Kennedy, D. F. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-31T10:41:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-31T10:41:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: O'Kennedy, D. F. 2017. Leadership in a time of transition : an analogy between post-exilic Judah/Yehud and post-apartheid South Africa. Old Testament Essays, 30(1):128-150, doi:10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n1a8. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.scielo.org.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1010-99192017000100007 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 23 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | O'Kennedy, D. F. 2017. Leadership in a time of transition : an analogy between post-exilic Judah/Yehud and post-apartheid South Africa. Old Testament Essays, 30(1):128-150, doi:10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n1a8 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2312-3621 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1010-9919 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n1a8 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/104628 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Old Testament Society of South Africa | |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | |
| dc.subject | Leadership | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Tutu, Desmond | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Bible. Zechariah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Leadership in a time of transition : an analogy between post-exilic Judah/Yehud and post-apartheid South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |