Two Africans and the elusiveness of meaning
This article highlights the impossibility of ever grasping fully the meaning of an OT text and how this loss can be approached. Historical criticism underscored the notion that the OT/HB originated over many years: texts were constantly re-interpreted, contexts often changed, older parts were re-ada...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2017]
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Old Testament essays
Jahr: 2017, Band: 30, Heft: 2, Seiten: 367-383 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Übersetzung
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/ Hermeneutik
/ Afrikanische Theologie
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judentum HB Altes Testament KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum TK Neueste Zeit VB Logik; philosophische Hermeneutik; philosophische Erkenntnislehre |
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Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
Augustine
Derrida
Monnica, Georgette Safar Derrida
verbum interior
verbum exterior
deconstruction
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article highlights the impossibility of ever grasping fully the meaning of an OT text and how this loss can be approached. Historical criticism underscored the notion that the OT/HB originated over many years: texts were constantly re-interpreted, contexts often changed, older parts were re-adapted and therefore many (even opposing) voices can be heard in the Hebrew Scripture. Notwith-standing difficulties and the elusiveness of meaning, OT scholarship can still be of great value and to elaborate this point the views of two African born scholars are discussed and their "solutions" accentuated. The one suggested that studying the text can be a joyful enterprise and the other African advised that we must always be open to future possibilities. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n2a11 HDL: 10520/EJC-98b2c5242 |