Analysis of the biblical pericope

  NO UK, LONDON,OR BRITISH REFERENCES ASSIGNMENT: For Exegetical Exercise 2, you begin your initial analysis of the biblical pericope from the selected proposal from Exegetical Exercise 1 (Period 1) (BELOW). Submit a 2 to 3-page document to your grading professor in which you provide the following information for the Major Project (Period 5). A successful submission will include: 1. Text reference 2. Genre of text 3. Structural analysis of the pericope (outline of the passage) 4. Notes on the historical-cultural context of the text (the background of the passage) 5. Words/phrases that need special interpretative attention in the text. Be detailed and specific. Provide a short description/definition of what each word/phrase means Follow the strategies laid out by the Osborne and Robbins texts. (https://media.sabda.org/alkitab-2/PDF%20Books/00063%20Osborne%20The%20Hermeneutical%20Spiral..pdf) (KEEP THE OUTLINE LIKE ABOVE AND INCLUDE HEADERS) Below is proposal two that has been approved by the professor and what you will be using to complete the assignment above. Note that the professor has said that you must expand the scripture to complete the above assignment for the 4 verses will not be enough to expand to complete this on. Professor’s Comments about the below proposal (please use it to do the assignment): “Good work. I recommend that you choose Situational Leadership and Nehemiah 2. I recommend that you consider expanding the text. 4 verses are not enough. You want to check that out.” Here is the original instructions of what the proposal was to have: Proposal: a. Identify and summarize the proposed leadership theory. Be sure to include the major authors and components of the theory; providing support from the literature. b. Identify and summarize the proposed biblical pericope. Be sure to discuss why believe the pericope is a good source of data for the proposed leadership theory. Identify specific verses, topics, words, and phrases to support your assertions; providing support from the literature. c. Construct a research question. A successful proposal will clearly articulate the proposed link between the leadership theory and the biblical pericope in the form of a research question. I. Proposal Two A. Situational leadership: Kenneth Blanchard and Paul Hersey (1960) advanced the situational leadership theory. The two argued that a leader needs to adjust their style of leadership in order to suit the development level of their followers. According to Blanchard and Hersey, it is the responsibility of the leader to change their style of leadership and not that of the follower to adapt to the style of leadership by a leader. With this type of leadership, the leader may need to continuously change the style of leadership depending on the situation to effectively meet the needs of followers. This style of leadership revolves around the relationship between the leader and followers. Situational leadership requires the leader to analyze different situations and provide guidance and direction appropriately. For successful implementation of situational leadership, there must be a level of socio-emotional support by a leader, and a level of readiness exhibited by followers while completing a given task or objective (McCleskey, 2014). Blanchard and Hersey further argue that situational leaders ought to learn to demonstrate four key leadership competencies and these include; diagnose, adapt, communicate and advance. In essence, the leader needs to understand the situation that they seek to influence, adjust accordingly to the contingencies, interact effectively with others, and be able to manage the movement. Followers tend to greatly appreciate situational leaders over a leader that leads from a one size fits all standard. B. Pericope: In Nehemiah 2:17-20, Nehemiah demonstrates situational leadership when he listens to the people and then shows immense care for their situation. He identified with their situation by regarding their situation as his own. Upon reaching the King’s palace, Nehemiah explained Jerusalem’s situation and asked the King to allow for the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. In Nehemiah 2:4-8 he also asked the King for permission to allow him to go and rebuild the city of Judah. In Exodus 3, God appears to Moses in the form of a burning bush and commands him to go to Egypt and rescue the children of Israel from bondage. In the chapter, Moses demonstrates situational leadership in various ways. For example, Divine-human intervener when the Angel of The Lord appeared to him in Ex 3:2. Moses then becomes an authentic leader when he responded to the miraculous calling by God (Ex 4:18). Also, he becomes a follower when he willingly goes out of his conventional way of thinking and decides to obey the voice of God (Ex 4:20). C. RQ2: Are leaders that can adapt their leadership style to the situation the most effective?