THE POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE ANCIENT ISRAELITE SOCIETY: A PRELIMINARY PRESENTATION OF THE ALTERNATIVES FOUND IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
Although the Bible does not carry a united answer to the issue of political involvement, one can trace several solutions suggested both when monotheism was a major phenomenon in the society and when it reflected the belief of a minority only. At first, four basic hermeneutical principles are present...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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Sacra scripta
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 178-197 |
| Further subjects: | B
Civil Disobedience
B Old Testament and politics B material support for state authorities B political involvement B Propaganda B criticism of state authorities B politics in the Bible B Christianity and state |
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| Summary: | Although the Bible does not carry a united answer to the issue of political involvement, one can trace several solutions suggested both when monotheism was a major phenomenon in the society and when it reflected the belief of a minority only. At first, four basic hermeneutical principles are presented followed by six contextual features. The alternatives of political involvement are laid out as four antithetical pairs: respect vs. disobedience, material support vs. sabotage, propaganda vs. criticism, political involvement vs. revolt. They reach the four domains of life: attitude, goods, words, and actions. All eight alternatives have the support of some Biblical texts, but their contribution has to be evaluated in accordance with the events they promote. It can be safely said that the individual should support God given authority and institutions, but rising against them is authorized whenever those institutions trespass their legal boundaries and obligations. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai. Centrul de Studii Biblice, Sacra scripta
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