RT Article
T1 Universalism and Nationalism in Palestinian Christian Thought: Naim Ateek's Theology and the Paradigm of the Exodus
JF Journal of ecumenical studies
VO 56
IS 3
SP 438
OP 455
A1 Raveh, Maayan
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1767312962
AB Palestinian Christian theologian Naim Ateek has argued against the Zionist interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, claiming that it favors a national reading of the Bible and contradicts the Christian understanding of a universal God. Ateek's use of the terms "universalism" and "nationalism" ought to be understood in the context of the post-World War II encounter between the Christian discourse on Judaism and the discourse on Liberation Theology, as well as in the context of a political conflict over land/territory that has turned increasingly national-religious. The Exodus paradigm is a useful case in point, as it is central to both the Zionist movement and Liberation Theology. Although liberation theologians perceive the Exodus story as an integral part of its own religious history, the Zionist movement's reading of this story creates a monopoly on this paradigm that prevents Palestinian theologians from using it for their own purposes.
K1 Liberation Theology
K1 Jewish-Christian relations
K1 Political Theology
K1 Biblical Hermeneutics
K1 Palestinian Christians
K1 Israeli-Palestinian conflict
DO 10.1353/ecu.2021.0031