Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible

Otto, Eckart

Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible

dc.contributor.author	Otto, Eckart
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-05T21:39:35Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-05T21:39:35Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.description.abstract	This paper traces the history of the negative theology of YHWH from the beginning of the integration of YHWH into the Canaanite pantheon to the post-exilic period in the Torah through the interpretation of the Shema’ Israel from its mono-Yahwistic understanding to monotheism as an expression of God’s freedom. In the second step, the development of negative theology is traced from the pre-exilic proverbs, which understand God as a limit of knowledge, to negative theology in the Book of Job and Qohelet, as well as the overcoming of negative theology in the paradise-narrative in Genesis 2–3 through the freedom of choice granted to man by God.
dc.identifier.citation	"Verbum Vitae", 2023, T. 41, nr 3, s. 483-497
dc.identifier.doi	10.31743/vv.16386
dc.identifier.issn	1644-8561
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/5973
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo KUL
dc.rights	Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	negative theology
dc.subject	monotheism
dc.subject	mono-Yahwism
dc.subject	monolatry
dc.subject	henotheism
dc.subject	biblical epistemology
dc.subject	Proverbs
dc.subject	gnomic apperception
dc.subject	Ecclesiastes
dc.subject	Job
dc.subject	good and evil
dc.subject	paradise-narrative
dc.title	Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article