Language:
French
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Etudes Théologiques et Religieuses
Angaben zur Quelle:
95,4 (2020) 603-623
Keywords:
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Secularism
;
Politics in the Bible
;
Monotheism Biblical teaching
;
Religion and state Biblical teaching
Abstract:
Addressing the theme of secularism in the light of the Old Testament carries the risk of anachronism, which is why the author approaches the subject from three aspects which can echo a secular comprehension of the world. The first is that the Old Testament introduces distanciation between political power and religion in a cultural universe where royal and religious powers are closely linked. The second, in discussion with Jan Assmann, shows how certain passages work on Yahwistic monotheism by opening it up to acceptation of different beliefs. The third highlights how part of biblical thinking revises the exclusive representation of Israel to consider shared election and decompartmentalised accessibility to the divine.
DOI:
10.3917/etr.954.0603
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