Transcendency and symbols in the Old Testament : a genealogy of the hermeneutical experiences / Seizo Sekine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sekine, Seizō.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 0934-2575 ; 275.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; 275

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

ix, 441 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1999.

Contents:

1 The Ten Commandments: An Old Testament-Based Exegesis and their Ethical Grounds 16

1.1 The Sixth to Ninth Commandements 17

1.2 The Basis for the Sixth to Ninth Commandments: from Kant to Watsuji 26

1.3 A Reexamination of the Basis for the Sixth to Ninth Commandments: Doubts about Watsuji's Theory 32

1.4 The First Four Commandments 35

1.5 The Fifth and Tenth Commandments 62

1.6 The Locus of the Problem 73

1.7 An Old Testament-like Basis for the Ethical Imperatives 75

2 Qohelet as a Nihilist 91

2.1 Problems in Current Research 91

2.2 Defining the Concept of Nihilism

Drawing on Nietzsche and Heidegger 96

2.3 Qohelet, the Nihilst 99

2.4 Qohelet's Thought from a Nihilist Perspective 104

2.4.1 The Subjectivism of Wisdom 104

2.4.2 Relativization of Qohelet's unterstanding of God 108

2.4.3 Vanity 113

2.4.4 Repudiation of a Subsuming Purpose 116

2.4.5 Egoism 121

3 Sin, forgiveness and atonement in David: Focussing specifically on 2 Samuel 12 and Psalm 51 129

3.1 Introduction: A Comparison of Hebrew and Greek Historiography 130

3.1.1 An Overview of Hatano's Argument 130

3.1.2 An Overview of Collingwood's Argument 132

3.1.3 Interim Observations 133

3.1.4 Hatano's Argument: Not Refuted by Thucydides? 134

3.1.5 Collingwood's Argument: Not Refuted by the Succession Narrative? 138

3.1.6 Tentative Conclusion and Future Outlook 143

3.2 2 Samuel 12 145

3.2.1 The Orthodox Hebraic Interpretation: Introducing Hertzberg's Commentary 145

3.2.2 A Heretical Hellenic Interpretation 149

3.3 Psalm 51 157

3.3.1 Provisional Translation of Ps. 51 157

3.3.2 Several Doubts Arising from a Hellenic Approach 160

3.3.3 Introducing Goulder's Theory 161

3.3.4 Examination of Goulder's Theory 171

3.3.5 My Interpretation of Ps. 51: A Hermeneutical Essay on Symbols 188

3.3.6 Conclusion: Via Conflicting Interpretations 210

4 A Symbolism-based Interpretation of the Adamic Myth 215

4.1 Ricoeur's exegesis of the Adamic Myth 216

4.2 The Adamic Myth: Translation and Commentary 227

Addendum (1) On the "knowledge of good and evil" 233

Addendum (2) On the contradiction surrounding dying 240

Addendum (3) The issue of autonomy or free will 245

Addendum (4) On the shame of nakedness 257

4.3 My Interpretation of the Adamic Myth 267

5 The Concept of Redemption in Second Isaiah: A Redactional Study 284

5.1 On the Theodicy of Suffering 284

5.1.1 Problematic issues in Weber's theory on the Theodicy of Suffering 284

5.1.2 Presentation of a Redactional Hypothesis 289

5.1.3 Phases of the Understanding of Salvation in each Redactional Layer 299

5.1.4 Phases of the Concept of Sin in each Redactional Layer 309

5.1.5 Phases of Universalism in each Redactional Layer (Summary) 318

5.1.6 Amendment of the Redactional Hypothesis - Conclusion I 320

5.1.7 A Reconsideration of the Theodicy of Suffering - Conclusion II 326

5.2 On Vicariousness 339

5.2.1 A Critical Survey of the History of Interpretation Concerning the Figure of the Servant in the Fourth Song 341

5.2.2 The Problem 361

5.2.3 An Essay on the Redaction History of the Fourth Song of the Servant 363

5.2.4 Overall Conclusion: A Reconsideration of Redemption 372

Appendix 1 Table of the Differences in the figure of the Servant (for 5.1) 393

Appendix 2 The Fourth Song of the Servant (52.13-53.12) - Translation and Notes 396.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

3110160986

OCLC:

40163480