Wie der Mensch zu Gottes Ebenbild wurde. Demokratisierungsprozesse im antiken Israel
With the idea in Genesis 1 that all human beings are created in the image of God - instead of just the king - the Bible formulates an early conceptual prerequisite of egalitarianism, which forms the anthropological foundation of any democracy. Genesis 1 democratizes the traditional ideology of kings...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
2022
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| In: |
Evangelische Theologie
Year: 2022, Volume: 82, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-17 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Assur
/ Image of God
/ Democratization
/ King
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KBL Near East and North Africa NBE Anthropology ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | With the idea in Genesis 1 that all human beings are created in the image of God - instead of just the king - the Bible formulates an early conceptual prerequisite of egalitarianism, which forms the anthropological foundation of any democracy. Genesis 1 democratizes the traditional ideology of kingship and renders every human capable of (king-like) responsible rule. Important factors in the intellectual history of ancient Israel that prepared the way for the idea of the likeness of all human beings to God can be found: (1) in the subversive reception of Assyrian treaty theology and its transfer to the relationship between God and people; (2) in the criticism of kings within biblical prophecy, which was confirmed as factual by the fall of Judah and Jerusalem in 587 BCE; and (3) in the increasingly critical stance toward slavery in the Torah, which ideally brought the position of slaves ever closer to that of free people. |
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| ISSN: | 2198-0470 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelische Theologie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14315/evth-2022-820104 |