Otto, Eckart2023-11-052023-11-052023"Verbum Vitae", 2023, T. 41, nr 3, s. 483-4971644-8561https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/5973This 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.enAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/negative theologymonotheismmono-Yahwismmonolatryhenotheismbiblical epistemologyProverbsgnomic apperceptionEcclesiastesJobgood and evilparadise-narrativeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.31743/vv.16386