Divine simplicity and scripture: a theological reading of Exodus 3:14
Exodus 3:14 had traditionally been taken as God's self-identification as "being-itself", and hence as a source for the doctrine of divine simplicity. I begin this essay by arguing that the appropriateness of this interpretation of Exodus 3:14 should be evaluated by attention to the ju...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 73, Issue: 4, Pages: 295-306 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Exodus 3,14
/ Simplicity of God
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Exodus 3:14
B being itself B Divine Simplicity B Theological Interpretation B Gerhard Von Rad |
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| Summary: | Exodus 3:14 had traditionally been taken as God's self-identification as "being-itself", and hence as a source for the doctrine of divine simplicity. I begin this essay by arguing that the appropriateness of this interpretation of Exodus 3:14 should be evaluated by attention to the judgements about God made within scripture rather than merely the semantic range of a few words. There are three questions elicited by Exodus 3:1-14, concerning God's incomparability, intimacy and ineffability, that are relevant to the significance of verse 14 for divine simplicity. Consideration of the kind of judgements these questions elicit about God allows a case to be made for the aptness of divine simplicity to hold the judgements together, thereby allowing for a more sympathetic retrieval of premodern uses of Exodus 3:14. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930620000629 |
