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Transcendency and Symbols in the Old Testament: A Genealogy of the Hermeneutical Experiences

By Seizo Sekine

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
1999
ISBN
3110160986, 9783110160987
ISSN
0934-2575
Google Books ID
Nn_vbsq6DmIC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
82 MB (85847608 bytes)
Series
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 275
Pages
X+441\454
Topic
Religion
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-02-15 10:58:10

Description

Each of the five chapters interprets a different Old Testament text and stands as an independent study, but they are linked by the common thread of inquiry into the time and place of transcendency through an interpretation of texts as symbols. They note the process of transcription, redaction, and addition that the ancient texts have undergone and the lack of clarity in their language, thought, expression, and form resulting from the constraints of the time and place in which they were written, but attempt to subordinate these matters to the central inquiry. They cover the Ten Commandments; Qohelet as a nihilist; sin, forgiveness and atonement in David; the Adamic myth; and the concept of redemption in Second Isaiah. Names, scripture references, and Hebrew words are indexed, but not subjects.

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