The spectral nature of YHWH (Dtr) : perspectives from Derridean hauntology

This article brings postmodern Continental philosophy of history to bear on the theologies of the Book of Deuteronomy. It looks at the "hauntological" effects of the character of YHWH (Dtr) as a "spectre" in the reception history of the book's god-talk. The character of YHWH...

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Main Author: Gericke, Jaco (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 303-315
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:This article brings postmodern Continental philosophy of history to bear on the theologies of the Book of Deuteronomy. It looks at the "hauntological" effects of the character of YHWH (Dtr) as a "spectre" in the reception history of the book's god-talk. The character of YHWH (Dtr) seems to have attained the status of a literary ghost already within the book of Deuteronomy, the theology of which continues to haunt even in the a theological rhetoric of the New Atheism, long after the collapse of realism in Deuteronomic / Deuteronomistic philosophies of history.
ISSN:2312-3621
Contains:Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10520/EJC122061