Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Violence in the Hebrew Bible; Between Text and Reception
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2020) 315-337
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Enemy in the Bible
Abstract:
This chapter investigates the positioning of the book of Micah between Jonah and Nahum in the Masoretic version of the Book of the Twelve. The author explores the opposing perspectives on the enemy in the books of Jonah and Nahum as well as their theological motivations, which are connected with Israel’s fundamental, core beliefs concerning God’s character. Subsequently, the author explores “multiperspectivity” on the enemy in the book of Micah. This multiperspectivity – as we find it in its final form in the book of Micah – reflects a vivid, complicated, and even confusing struggle, which made the book an excellent mediator, connecting extremes and giving space to each of them. In particular, the “God confession” in Micah 7:18–20 raises an explicit voice concerning the theological dispute at stake between Jonah and Nahum. At the same time, the book of Micah’s multiperspetivity announces to the receiving and reading communities that the dispute has not yet been decided. The debate on these essential issues can and must go on in every generation.
DOI:
10.1163/9789004434684_017
URL:
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