God and Earthly Power: An Old Testament Political TheologyA&C Black, 16.11.2006 - 224 Seiten In God and Earthly Power J. G. McConville considers the nature of human power in the light of belief in God. The Bible, and especially the Old Testament, is relevant to the question, not least because perceptions about the use of power in relation to God are often derived correctly or incorrectly from it. This book thus aims to address a world in which God's power is often invoked, from quite different quarters, in order to justify political and military action. McConville's interpretation of the Old Testament focuses on Deuteronomy and the narrative in which it is set, because these are especially fruitful for political thinking. His case is argued for both exegetically and in relation to the actual use of the Old Testament in the history of political thought. McConville's core argument is that divine power, mediated through Torah, results in human freedom and a mandate for the political responsibility of citizens. Indeed, it is even the best guarantee of these. . |
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... ( Fort Worth : T.C.U. Press , 1976 ) , p . 45. The same concept appears as a ' principle of plenitude ' , that is , as Dan Stiver puts it , ' a text or event can mean tion here is that texts are by their nature capable 4 God and Earthly ...
... concept throughout . 24. Thiselton , " " Behind " and " In Front of " the Text ' , p . 100. See also his comments on p . 107 , and reference to K. Vanhoozer , Is There a Meaning in This Text ? The Bible , the Reader , and the Morality ...
... concepts ; and it finally has a 25. Mullen , Ethnic Myths , pp . 73-4 . For evidence for this late finalization of the Pentateuch he refers to G. Garbini , History and Ideology in Ancient Israel ( New York : Crossroad , 1988 ) , p . 146 ...
... concept , if not Freedman's specific hypothesis , has been followed by a number of writers . Davies adopts it in the context of his thesis that the scribal project in Yehud required a coherent account of the origins of Israel , 32 as ...
... concept of a Hexateuch was based on the view that the Abrahamic land - promises of Genesis cannot be severed from ... concepts of the historical books decisive , leaving a ' Tetrateuch ' of Genesis to Numbers . Each view carried a ...
Inhalt
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12 | |
30 | |
EXODUSNUMBERS | 50 |
DEUTERONOMY | 74 |
JOSHUA | 99 |
JUDGES | 118 |
1 AND 2 SAMUEL | 133 |
Chapter 9 WHAT IS ISRAEL? 1 AND 2 KINGS | 151 |
AN OLD TESTAMENT POLITICAL THEOLOGY | 168 |
Bibliography | 177 |
Index of References | 186 |
Index of Subjects | 196 |
Index of Authors | 198 |
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