Realism and non-realism in Old Testament theology: a formal-logical and religious-philosophical assessment
In contemporary Old Testament theology there is no consensus among its practitioners as to how we should perceive the relation between the intra-textual representations of YHWH and their supposed counterpart in extra-textual reality. In this paper, the author attempts to describe via both informal a...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2006, Volume: N.S.19, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-57 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jahwe
/ Idea of God
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
World view
B Sōd YHWH B Alttestamentliche Theologie B Philosophy |
| Summary: | In contemporary Old Testament theology there is no consensus among its practitioners as to how we should perceive the relation between the intra-textual representations of YHWH and their supposed counterpart in extra-textual reality. In this paper, the author attempts to describe via both informal and formal-logical discourse, three major ontological positions operative in contemporary Old Testament theology as reconstructed from the perspective of philosophy of religion. It is suggested that the concepts of naïve-realism, critical realism and non-realism (or anti-realism) as utilised in this particular subdiscipline of philosophy may provide useful, nuanced and functional meta-ontological categories for classifying what Old Testament theologians appear to believe about the text-reality relation and the ontological status of YHWH. |
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| ISSN: | 1010-9919 |
| Contains: | In: Old Testament essays
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