Transcendency and Symbols in the Old Testament

Seizo Sekine

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9783110806991
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu sämtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebräische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen der altorientalischen und hellenistisch-römischen Welt.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 The Ten Commandments: An Old Testament-Based Exegesis and their Ethical Grounds
• 1.1 The Sixth to Ninth Commandements
• 1.2 The Basis for the Sixth to Ninth Commandments: from Kant to Watsuji
• 1.3 A Reexamination of the Basis for the Sixth to Ninth Commandments: Doubts about Watsuji's Theory
• 1.4 The First Four Commandments
• 1.5 The Fifth and Tenth Commandments
• 1.6 The Locus of the Problem
• 1.7 An Old Testament-like Basis for the Ethical Imperatives
• 2 Qohelet as a Nihilist
• 2.1 Problems in Current Research
• 2.2 Defining the Concept of Nihilism - Drawing on Nietzsche and Heidegger
• 2.3 Qohelet, the Nihilst
• 2.4 Qohelet's Thought from a Nihilist Perspective
• 2.4.1 The Subjectivism of Wisdom
• 2.4.2 Relativization of Qohelet's unterstanding of God
• 2.4.3 Vanity
• 2.4.4 Repudiation of a Subsuming Purpose
• 2.4.5 Egoism
• 3 Sin, forgiveness and atonement in David: Focussing specifically on 2 Samuel 12 and Psalm 51
• 3.1 Introduction: A Comparison of Hebrew and Greek Historiography
• 3.1.1 An Overview of Hatano's Argument
• 3.1.2 An Overview of Collingwood's Argument
• 3.1.3 Interim Observations
• 3.1.4 Hatano's Argument: Not Refuted by Thucydides?
• 3.1.5 Collingwood's Argument: Not Refuted by the Succession Narrative?
• 3.1.6 Tentative Conclusion and Future Outlook
• 3.2 2 Samuel 12
• 3.2.1 The Orthodox Hebraic Interpretation: Introducing Hertzberg's Commentary
• 3.2.2 A Heretical Hellenic Interpretation
• 3.3 Psalm 51
• 3.3.1 Provisional Translation of Ps. 51
• 3.3.2 Several Doubts Arising from a Hellenic Approach
• 3.3.3 Introducing Goulder's Theory
• 3.3.4 Examination of Goulder's Theory
• 3.3.5 My Interpretation of Ps. 51: A Hermeneutical Essay on Symbols
• 3.3.6 Conclusion: Via Conflicting Interpretations
• 4 A Symbolism-based Interpretation of the Adamic Myth
• 4.1 Ricoeur's exegesis of the Adamic Myth
• 4.2 The Adamic Myth: Translation and Commentary
• Addendum (1): On the "knowledge of good and evil"
• Addendum (2): On the contradiction surrounding dying
• Addendum (3): The issue of autonomy or free will
• Addendum (4): On the shame of nakedness
• 4.3 My Interpretation of the Adamic Myth
• 4.4 Conclusion
• 5 The Concept of Redemption in Second Isaiah: A Redactional Study
• 5.1 On the Theodicy of Suffering
• 5.1.1 Problematic issues in Weber's theory on the Theodicy of Suffering
• 5.1.2 Presentation of a Redactional Hypothesis
• 5.1.3 Phases of the Understanding of Salvation in each Redactional Layer
• 5.1.4 Phases of the Concept of Sin in each Redactional Layer
• 5.1.5 Phases of Universalism in each Redactional Layer (Summary)
• 5.1.6 Amendment of the Redactional Hypothesis - Conclusion I
• 5.1.7 A Reconsideration of the Theodicy of Suffering - Conclusion II
• 5.2 On Vicariousness
• 5.2.1 A Critical Survey of the History of Interpretation Concerning the Figure of the Servant in the Fourth Song
• 5.2.2 The Problem
• 5.2.3 An Essay on the Redaction History of the Fourth Song of the Servant
• 5.2.4 Overall Conclusion: A Reconsideration of Redemption
• 5.2.5 Two supplementary discussions
• Appendix 1: Table of the Differences in the figure of the Servant (for §5.1)
• Appendix 2: The Fourth Song of the Servant (52.13-53.12) - Translation and Notes
• Bibliography
• Index of Names
• Index of Scripture References
• Index of Hebrew Words