»Sollte der Richter der ganzen Erde nicht Recht üben?« (Gen 18,25): Über moralischen Realismus im Alten Testament
The problem of moral realism does not seem to play a major role in the Hebrew Bible. Some texts like Gen 18 and others, however, do show that this problem was virulent for at least some Old Testament writers, and that it was coped with by way of arguing with God. Taking Gen 18 as case example, this...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
Year: 2019, Volume: 116, Issue: 3, Pages: 251-270 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ God
/ Law
/ Moral realism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God NCA Ethics XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Abraham
B Justice B Ethics B Law B Bible. Genesis 18 B Moral realism B Dispute B Euthyphron-Dilemma |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The problem of moral realism does not seem to play a major role in the Hebrew Bible. Some texts like Gen 18 and others, however, do show that this problem was virulent for at least some Old Testament writers, and that it was coped with by way of arguing with God. Taking Gen 18 as case example, this article displays the conditions for the possibility of moral realism in the Hebrew Bible as well as some threads of its unfolding. |
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| ISSN: | 1868-7377 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/zthk-2019-0013 |