Das Alte Testament in christlicher Perspektive

According to Notker Slenczka, Jesus redefined the early Jewish understanding of God so radically that the Old Testament could not remain an adequate expression of the Christian idea of God. Moreover, in the light of historical criticism, the messianic promises of the OT could no longer be read as pr...

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Main Author: Oberdorfer, Bernd 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: De Gruyter 2017
In: Evangelische Theologie
Year: 2017, Volume: 77, Issue: 2, Pages: 88-100
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Slenczka, Notger 1960- / Old Testament / Christianity
IxTheo Classification:CA Christianity
HB Old Testament
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
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Summary:According to Notker Slenczka, Jesus redefined the early Jewish understanding of God so radically that the Old Testament could not remain an adequate expression of the Christian idea of God. Moreover, in the light of historical criticism, the messianic promises of the OT could no longer be read as prophetic references to Jesus, either. The OT could hence only be seen as revelation to Jews; for Christians, however, it is valuable as paradigmatic expression of human reality and their necessity of salvation only, and to them authentic information about redemption is provided only by the New Testament. The essay discusses this position and defines a possible Christian view on the relation between Old and New Testament based on the insight that Jesus’ redefinition of the image of God can only be understood in the light of the history of God’s self-revelation to Israel, of which Jesus is a part; from a Christian perspective, the words, actions and fate of Jesus then also shed new light on the history of God’s self-revelation to Israel.
ISSN:2198-0470
Contains:Enthalten in: Evangelische Theologie
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.14315/evth-2017-0204