Sprache:
Französisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Etudes Théologiques et Religieuses
Angaben zur Quelle:
98,3 (2023) 413-431
Schlagwort(e):
Assmann, Jan
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Monotheism History
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Violence Religious aspects
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Egyptian literature Relation to the Bible
Kurzfassung:
The question of monotheism is still relevant, given its link with the phenomenon of violence. According to one of Jan Assmann’s theses – the Mosaic distinction –, monotheism has created a break with other religions through its “emphatic conception of truth” and its claim to distinguish the true from the false. This semantic shift has introduced into history a new relationship to the world and the individual whose repercussions are still felt today. The basis of this thesis is the presence of an exclusivist theology in the Deuteronomic texts of the Old Testament. Yet there are other texts that adopt a theologically open approach. Thus, it is possible to relativize Assmann’s judgment focused on the violent language of monotheism. In its relation to the theological otherness of persons or peoples considered to be outside the community of Israel (in the broadest sense) in the post-monarchical era, monotheism actually leads to recognition as well as ignorance of the other. A more complex definition of monotheism emerges. To think this through, beyond the mere observation of the existence of inclusive or even ecumenical texts in the Old Testament, we can resort to the notions of recognition and contempt respectively in Paul Ricœur and Axel Honneth. Redeploying a hermeneutic of monotheism from the notion of the recognition of the other in the Old Testament frees us partially from the fatality of the rupture caused by the Mosaic distinction.
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