Questioning Bonhoeffer on Temptation
This article engages critically and constructively with Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s biblical study ‘Temptation’ (1938). His study does not always do justice to the text of the New Testament or the theodicean and hamartiological issues pertaining to temptation. And his position that biblically temptation i...
| Published in: | Irish theological quarterly |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2020]
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Irish theological quarterly
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1906-1945
/ New Testament
/ Christology
/ Temptation
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Theodicy
B Bonhoeffer B Temptation B Satan B Christ-reality |
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| Summary: | This article engages critically and constructively with Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s biblical study ‘Temptation’ (1938). His study does not always do justice to the text of the New Testament or the theodicean and hamartiological issues pertaining to temptation. And his position that biblically temptation is not the testing of strength, but rather the loss of all strength and defenceless deliverance into Satan’s hands, is hard to defend. However, Bonhoeffer’s idea of Christ-reality undergirds his suggestion that all persons can find in Christ participation, help, and grace in resisting temptation. Bonhoeffer’s most important insight, which requires some unpacking, is that ‘my temptation is nothing other than the temptation of Jesus Christ in me.’ |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140020926597 |