Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible
This paper traces the history of the negative theology of YHWH from the beginning of the integration of YHWH into the Canaanite pantheon to the post-exilic period in the Torah through the interpretation of the Shema’ Israel from its mono-Yahwistic understanding to monotheism as an expression of God...
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This paper traces the history of the negative theology of YHWH from the beginning of the integration of YHWH into the Canaanite pantheon to the post-exilic period in the Torah through the interpretation of the Shema’ Israel from its mono-Yahwistic understanding to monotheism as an expression of God’s freedom. In the second step, the development of negative theology is traced from the pre-exilic proverbs, which understand God as a limit of knowledge, to negative theology in the Book of Job and Qohelet, as well as the overcoming of negative theology in the paradise-narrative in Genesis 2–3 through the freedom of choice granted to man by God.
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| spelling | doaj.art-814a1468e46a4577985ffa02ed1775c52023-10-03T11:03:21ZdeuThe John Paul II Catholic University of LublinVerbum Vitae1644-85612451-280X2023-10-0141310.31743/vv.16386Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew BibleEckart Otto0Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München This paper traces the history of the negative theology of YHWH from the beginning of the integration of YHWH into the Canaanite pantheon to the post-exilic period in the Torah through the interpretation of the Shema’ Israel from its mono-Yahwistic understanding to monotheism as an expression of God’s freedom. In the second step, the development of negative theology is traced from the pre-exilic proverbs, which understand God as a limit of knowledge, to negative theology in the Book of Job and Qohelet, as well as the overcoming of negative theology in the paradise-narrative in Genesis 2–3 through the freedom of choice granted to man by God. https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vv/article/view/16386negative theologymonotheismmono-Yahwismmonolatryhenotheismbiblical epistemology |
| spellingShingle | Eckart Otto Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible Verbum Vitae negative theology monotheism mono-Yahwism monolatry henotheism biblical epistemology |
| title | Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible |
| title_full | Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible |
| title_fullStr | Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible |
| title_full_unstemmed | Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible |
| title_short | Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible |
| title_sort | negative theology as an expression of god s freedom in the torah of the book of deuteronomy and wisdom literature of the hebrew bible |
| topic | negative theology monotheism mono-Yahwism monolatry henotheism biblical epistemology |
| url | https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/vv/article/view/16386 |
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