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This is a collection of papers which had been written in German in the last two decades. They are translated into English, updated, extended, and supplemented with previously unpublished material. Some brand new articles were created and... more
This is a collection of papers which had been written in German in the last two decades. They are translated into English, updated, extended, and supplemented with previously unpublished material. Some brand new articles were created and included as well.
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The topic of divine presence and absence is embedded in the theological debate about the communication between human beings and their gods. Intact communication and divine presence belong together, as well as disturbed communication and... more
The topic of divine presence and absence is embedded in the theological debate about the communication between human beings and their gods. Intact communication and divine presence belong together, as well as disturbed communication and divine absence. The interpretation and construction of their own history (of the individual, as well as of the collective) as result of the interplay between divine presence/blessing or divine absence/punishment was a basic pattern. Different literary traditions in the Old Testament attest how the theology of the presence of YHWH was in pre-exilic times a local kind of play of traditional ancient Near Eastern conceptions and mainly connected to Zion. However, after the fall of Jerusalem (perhaps already Samaria), the theology of YHWH’s presence underwent various processes of mobilization, spiritualization, and abstraction. The rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem was a new impulse for the discussion about the mode(s) of divine presence. Sever...
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This article gives a short survey of concepts of “sin and sanction,” the “crisis of Wisdom,” and divine justice in ancient Mesopotamian texts and in the Old Testament. A concluding summary provides a comparison of these two ancient Near... more
This article gives a short survey of concepts of “sin and sanction,” the “crisis of Wisdom,” and divine justice in ancient Mesopotamian texts and in the Old Testament. A concluding summary provides a comparison of these two ancient Near Eastern cultures’ understandings of the ethics of divine justice.
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Abstract The article takes a fresh look at the ostracon from Qubur al-Walaydah. Based on the examination of a new drawing and photos of the inscription, some new readings are proposed. The discussion of the context shows that the... more
Abstract The article takes a fresh look at the ostracon from Qubur al-Walaydah. Based on the examination of a new drawing and photos of the inscription, some new readings are proposed. The discussion of the context shows that the inscription should be dated to the Iron Age IA Period (1200-1130 B.C.): The inscription has been written by "Canaanites" during the time of Egyptian domination that preceded the arrival of Philistine farmers to the village during the early Iron Age IB Period.
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Zusammenfassung Dtn 6,4-9 u. a. alttestamentliche Texte schließen an die altorientalische Praxis an, ausgewählte zentrale und basale theologische Inhalte auf Textamulette zu schreiben, um sie dem Individuum auf, an und in das Herz zu... more
Zusammenfassung Dtn 6,4-9 u. a. alttestamentliche Texte schließen an die altorientalische Praxis an, ausgewählte zentrale und basale theologische Inhalte auf Textamulette zu schreiben, um sie dem Individuum auf, an und in das Herz zu legen. Materiale Zeugnisse dafür, dass dies praktisch im Sinn „gelebter Religion“ umgesetzt wurde, sind die Amulette aus Ketef Hinnom (6./5. Jh. v. Chr.). Sie bauen zwischen offizieller Jerusalemer Theologie und privater Frömmigkeit eine Brücke, die diskursive Zusammenhänge und das Bemühen um die theologische Durchdringung des Alltags und die Individualethik offen legt.
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... 318f., Renger, J., Kult bild. A.Philologisch, RLA 6 (1980-1983) 307-314, bes. 308, Braun-Holzinger, EA, Mesopotamische Weihgaben der fruhdynastischen bis altbabylonischen Zeit (HSAO 3, Heidelberg 1991) 221, Dietrich, M., Loretz, O.,... more
... 318f., Renger, J., Kult bild. A.Philologisch, RLA 6 (1980-1983) 307-314, bes. 308, Braun-Holzinger, EA, Mesopotamische Weihgaben der fruhdynastischen bis altbabylonischen Zeit (HSAO 3, Heidelberg 1991) 221, Dietrich, M., Loretz, O., Jahwe und seine Aschera. Anthropo ...