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Redefined prophecy as Deuteronomic alternative to divination in Deut 18:9-22
Anthropological research has shown that no rigid distinction can be maintained between prophets, priests, diviners and necromancers. All of them function as religious intermediaries and act as repositories and interpreters of religious tradition and as ...
H L Bosman
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Holy Mutability: Religionsgeschichte and Theological Ontology [PDF]
The Christian community characteristically confesses the constancy of God. But historians of religion know by contrast that the deity Yhwh evolved over time. How might scholars who belong to both these camps negotiate the disconnect?
Collin Cornell
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Fra bibelske til rabbinske opfattelser af askese: Jødedommens verdensbekræftende praksis
The purpose of this article is to supplement scholarly positions that define asceticism either as a matter of world renouncement and elitist self-exclusion from the world or as always oriented toward transcendent goals or practices of improvement because
Marianne Schleicher
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What is a god? Metatheistic assumptions in Old Testament Yahwism(s)
In this article, the author provides a prolegomena to further research attempting to answer a most undamental and basic question much more so than what has thus far been the case in the disciplines of Old Testament theology and history of Israelite ...
J W Gericke
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Receptions of Israelite nation-building: Modern Protestant natalism and Martin Luther [PDF]
This is the author's PDF version of an article published in Dialog© 2010. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.comThis article evaluates the claim that Martin Luther was the forerunner of natalism, looking at his references to ...
McKeown, John P.
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Critical Theory of Religion by Erich Fromm: from Messianic Judaism to Radical Humanism
This paper studies Erich Fromm’s critical theory of religion and looks into the evolution of the philosopher’s views. We analyze key concepts of Fromm’s humanistic psychology, including biophilia, rejection of idolatry, X-experience, classification of ...
E. I. Korostichenko
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The discovery of early Hebrew inscriptions at the site of Kuntillet ʿAjrud has generated considerable discussion among scholars over the past few decades.
Jeremy Smoak, William Schniedewind
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The concept of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible � A comparative-philosophical analysis
This article provides a brief comparative philosophical clarification of the concept of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible. Utilising the format of a presentation presented by Ryan (2008), four philosophical definitions of wisdom were compared with similar ...
Jacobus W. Gericke
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emigrations of Prophet Ibrahim Khalil (peace be upon him) in the Holy Quran and the Torah
The migration of the prophets in the Holy Quran and the Torah holds significant and extensive importance in the movement of history because they had a great and direct influence on history throughout the ages.
م.د جواد كاظم جاسم
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Beyond Divine Command Theory: Moral realism in the Hebrew Bible
Philosophical approaches to ancient Israelite religion are rare, as is metaethical reflection on the Hebrew Bible. Nevertheless, many biblical scholars and philosophers of religion tend to take it for granted that the biblical metaethical assumptions ...
Jaco W. Gericke
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