Buch, Deutsch, Band 30, 402 Seiten, Gewicht: 867 g
Israels Weltbild und Weltanschauung
Buch, Deutsch, Band 30, 402 Seiten, Gewicht: 867 g
Reihe: Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies
ISBN: 978-90-04-09690-5
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
- for Ancient Israel, heaven and earth, (the principal components of the world) constituted a dynamic bipolarity, which was connected with mankind at one pole and with God at the other;
- the Old Testament has no world-concept ("Weltbild"). It does not give a unanimous answer to the questions concerning the how of the coming into existence of the cosmos and the how of its structure and order. It does, however, imply a world-view ("Weltanschauung"), i.e. it answers the question: To whom does the world owe its birth and existence?
This study offers a careful discussion of the Old Testament terms and concepts relating to heaven, and the use of the word-pair: heaven and earth. By distinguishing between 'world-concept' and 'world-view' a fruitful contribution is made to the clarification and understanding of the Old Testament concepts concerning the cosmos.