• Holy Mutability: Religionsgeschichte and Theological Ontology

    Author(s):
    Collin Cornell (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Group(s):
    Religious Studies
    Subject(s):
    History, Ancient, Christianity, Bible. Old Testament, Theology, Doctrinal, Theology
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Ancient history, Old Testament, Systemic theology
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6K40S
    Abstract:
    The Christian community characteristically confesses the constancy of God. But historians of religion know by contrast that the deity Yhwh evolved over time. How might scholars who belong to both these camps negotiate the disconnect? This essay seeks an answer by staging a moment of complementarity between Religionsgeschichte and OT theology. First it considers two cases in which the discourses of each discipline mirror one another by narrating the same event of deity change: Ps 82 and Yhwh’s greater mercy through exile. Second, it provides a sampler of two theological ontologies that countenance “holy mutability”: the open theism of Terence Fretheim and the evangelical historicism of Eberhard Jüngel.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1163/18712207-12341333
    Publisher:
    Brill Academic Publishers
    Pub. Date:
    2016-9-29
    Journal:
    Horizons in Biblical Theology
    Volume:
    38
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    200 - 220
    ISSN:
    0195-9085,1871-2207
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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