Die „Erfindung“ der Barmherzigkeit im Alten Israel. Biblische und nachbiblische Perspektiven
For quite a long time it has been part of the opinio communis within Hebrew Bible scholarship that compassion and empathy with persona miserae is in its very meaning invented by Ancient Israel. This view has been challenged by a comparative study of Frank C. Fensham. The present article shows on the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | German |
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Published: |
Brill, Ferdinand Schöningh
[2019]
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Biblische Zeitschrift
Year: 2019, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 289-306 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Israel (Antiquity)
/ Old Testament
/ Poverty
/ Stranger
/ Widow
/ Orphan
/ Mercy
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IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Poverty
B Animals B Ancient Orient B Sklaven B Social justice B Fremde |
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Summary: | For quite a long time it has been part of the opinio communis within Hebrew Bible scholarship that compassion and empathy with persona miserae is in its very meaning invented by Ancient Israel. This view has been challenged by a comparative study of Frank C. Fensham. The present article shows on the one hand that care for the poor, widows and orphans is in fact not innovative. On the other hand, a closer analysis is able to show that the biblical and Jewish care for the strangers, slaves and animals is indeed unique. |
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ISSN: | 2589-0468 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblische Zeitschrift
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/25890468-06302005 |