Psalm 104: The Panorama of Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-14
Author(s):  
Robert Gnuse
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The World ◽  
Formal Presentation ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Insight Into

Psalm 104 is a majestic hymn to creation, a dynamic corollary to the more formal presentation of the creation of the world in Genesis 1. Reflection upon some of the passages provides us with insight into the biblical author’s appreciation for nature, an attitude that needs to inspire us in this age of ecological crisis. Though the biblical text is unaware of such an ecological crisis; nonetheless, passages shine forth that can speak to us in our modern age of global warming and environmental collapse.

scholarly journals The Command to Rule over the Creation (Gen 1:26–28) in the Ecological Hermeneutics of the Bible

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 9-32
Author(s):  
Tomasz Twardziłowski
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Religious Background ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Responsible Care

In the discussions on the possible religious background of the current ecological crisis, the biblical text of Genesis 1:26–28 is the passage most often quoted by all sides of the debate. While for some it is an incentive to unlimited exploitation, and the resultant degradation of the natural environment, for others it carries a positive ecological message and a call for responsible care of the created world. Due to this ambiguity in interpretations, this article attempts to resolve whether the biblical text itself is problematic, and requires correction, or whether it is ecologically adequate, and it is the interpretations that have been thus far insufficient. Each of the three main currents of the ecological hermeneutics of the Bible (apologetic, radical, and neo-orthodox) offers its own specific answer to this question.

scholarly journals Theophany in the Old Testament and its Interpretation in Aramaic Translations (The Concept of the Divine Word in the Targum)

2007 ◽  
pp. 27-37
Author(s):  
Dmytro V. Tsolin
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Epic Poetry ◽  
Material World ◽  
The World ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
History Of ◽  
Repeated Use ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Experienced Researcher

Every reader of the Old Testament, both experienced researcher and newcomer, cannot fail to pay attention to one peculiarity in the presentation of the idea of ​​God: it is a harmonious (and, at times, amazing) combination of transcendence and immanence. The History of the Creation of the World (Genesis 1: 1 - 2: 3), which begins the first book of the Strictly Testament - Genesis - is an example of an exquisite prose genre with elements of epic poetry. In it, the Creator of the Universe appears to the Almighty, the Wise, and the All-Powerful, standing above the created world: Only one word of it evokes the material world from nothingness. This is emphasized by the repeated use of the formulas אלהים וימר / wa-yyo'mer 'ělohîm ("And Elohim said ...") and ויהי־כן / wa-yəhî khēn ("And so it became"). This use of two narrative constructs at the beginning and at the end of messages about the creative activities of God clearly emphasizes the idea of ​​reconciling the divine Word and being. God is shown here to be transcendental.

Nothing Else Matters

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Blok
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
Ontological Concept

Abstract If the world in which we are intentionally involved is threatened by climate change, this raises the question about our place on Earth. In this article, we argue that the ecological crisis we face today draws our attention to the Earth as ontic-ontological condition of our being-in-the-world. Because the Earth is often reflected upon in relation to human existence, living systems or material entities in the philosophical tradition, we argue for an ontological concept of the materiality of the Earth as un-correlated being in this article. We develop five principles of the materiality of the Earth: the conativity, non-identity, responsiveness, performativity and eventuality of the Earth. We will argue that it is this notion of Earth that matters to us in the age of global warming.

scholarly journals FUNCTIONS OF EMOTIONALLY EXPRESSIVE VERBS IN THE WORKS OF THE OSSETIAN WRITER A.A. GUCHMAZTY

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Р.Г. Цопанова ◽  
А.Г. Техова
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Dominant Language ◽  
Metaphorical Meaning ◽  
The People ◽  
Moral Standards ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Linguistic Images ◽  
Complex Forms ◽  
Insight Into

В статье исследуются функции эмоционально-экспрессивных глаголов (простых, составных и сложных форм глагола) в языке произведений А.А. Гучмазты. Эти глаголы образуют доминантный языковой компонент художественных текстов писателя. Эмоционально-экспрессивные свойства глаголов в осетинском языке связаны с их денотативным значением и коннотативными особенностями их морфологических форм, а также с приобретенными глаголами в художественном тексте семантико-стилистическими свойствами. Они выступают универсальным способом характеристики эмоционального и психического состояния действующих лиц, формируют авторскую субъективность. Языковые образы, в создании которых участвуют эмоционально-экспрессивные глаголы, дают представление о национальном видении картины мира и формируют языковую картину мира народа. В произведениях Гучмазты созданы образы сельских жителей, живущих по утвердившимся морально-нравственным нормам. Для создания экспрессивного контекста Гучмазты использует невербальные средства, в состав которых включаются экспрессивные глаголы в метафорическом значении, осложняемые олицетворением, сравнением, гиперболой. Писатель хорошо знает психологию своих читателей, понимает, как каждый из них может воспринять чужую боль, эмоцию, понять поступок и какими словами это можно донести до читателя.  The article explores the functions of emotionally expressive verbs (simple, compound and complex forms of the verb) in the language of the works of A.A. Guchmazty. These verbs form the dominant language component of the writer’s artistic texts. The emotional-expressive properties of the verbs in the Ossetian language are associated with their denotative meaning and the connotative features of their morphological forms, as well as with semantic-stylistic properties acquired by the verbs in the artistic context. They are a universal way to characterize the emotional and mental state of the actors, form the author’s subjectivity. Linguistic images, in the creation of which emotionally expressive verbs participate, provide an insight into the national vision of the world’s picture and form the language picture of the world of the people. In the works of Guchmazty images of villagers living according to established moral standards are created. To create expressive context, Guchmazty uses verbal means, which include expressive verbs in the metaphorical meaning, complicated by personification, comparison, and hyperbole. The writer knows the psychology of his readers well, understands how each of them can perceive someone else’s pain, emotion, understand the act and what words can convey his message to the reader.

The Intrinsic Worth of Water in Job 38:22–38: Urging the Abandonment of an Anthropocentric Worldview

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa
Keyword(s):  
Natural World ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
The World ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
Control Water

Christianity has often been accused of promoting an anthropocentric worldview that has contributed to the current ecological crisis. Since Lynn White’s accusation that Genesis 1:26–28 is responsible for the crisis, biblical scholars and theologians have been discussing this text. Although Genesis 1:26–28 contains hints of anthropocentrism, it does not represent the only way in which the biblical authors viewed humans and their relationship with nature. This article focuses on Job 38, which presents many phenomena of nature, inter alia water-related phenomena, as surpassing humans’ understanding. The world does not revolve around humans. They are merely part of the natural world. Humans cannot control water-related phenomena, which are depicted as having their own worth.

Retranslating Genesis 1–2: Reconnecting Biblical Thought and Contemporary Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-272
Author(s):  
Theodore Hiebert
Keyword(s):  
Western Philosophy ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Accurate Representation ◽  
The World ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
The Common ◽  
Nonhuman Agency ◽  
Biblical Thought

Some traditional translations of Genesis represent the text in ways that are excessively anthropocentric, masking the awareness of the nonhuman other in the text, silencing the nonhuman voice, and wrongly subordinating the nonhuman to the human. Selected translations in Genesis 1–2 from the Common English Bible illustrate a more integrative understanding of the human and nonhuman, recognize the presence of nonhuman agency, and capture a more accurate representation of the human place in the world as Genesis’s authors conceived it (Gen 1.9-12; 1.26-28; 2.7). A tradition of translation has inscribed the dualistic, anthropocentric, and hierarchical cast of Western philosophy and theology into the biblical text. Careful attention to the world of the text, and translations that reflect that world authentically, can open up new (“old”) readings that are more ecologically sound and sensitive.

scholarly journals MEMAHAMI KISAH PENCIPTAAN MANUSIA DAN ALAM SEMESTA: Sebuah Pendekatan Literer Terhadap Kejadian 1-2

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heri Lim
Keyword(s):  
Biblical Text ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
The Creation

Abstrak: Teks Alkitab dibuka dengan sebuah narasi tentang penciptaan, sebuah teks yang menggambarkan keagungan Allah, sekaligus juga menjadi sebuah topik diskusi di dalam dan di luar kekristenan. Dalam pandangan kekristenan, berbagai penafsiran berbeda disodorkan untuk menjelaskan narasi penciptaan manusia dan kosmos. Artikel ini mencoba untuk menawarkan sebuah sudut pandang yang diharapkan dapat berdialog dengan penafsiran yang lain, tetapi tetap tidak meninggalkan kesetiaan Injili. Artikel ini bukan merupakan eksegesis ayat per ayat kitab Kejadian 1-2, tetapi lebih merupakan sebuah cara untuk memahami narasi penciptaan dalam Kejadian 1-2 secara utuh. Dalam hal ini penulis mencoba untuk mengajukan sebuah pendekatan literer dalam membaca dan memahami narasi penciptaan dalam Kejadian 1-2.   Abstract: The biblical text is opened with a narrative about creation. a text that illustrates the majesty of God, as well as becomes topic of discussion within and outside Christianity. In the Christian poin of view, many interpretations are offered to explain the narrative of the human and the cosmos creation. This article tries to offer a perspective that is expected to make a dialogue with other interpretations, but still does not leave evangelical commitment. This article is not a verse by verse exegesis of Genesis 1-2, but rather a way to understand the creation narrative in Genesis 1-2 as a whole. In this case the writer tries to propose a literary approach in reading and understanding the narrative of creation narrative in Genesis 1-2.

scholarly journals Aristotelian Theories in Abraham ibn Ezra's Commentaries to the Bible

2018 ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Mariano GÓMEZ ARANDA
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Biblical Commentaries ◽  
The Universe

Some of Abraham ibn Ezra’s philosophical ideas exposed in his biblical commentaries are the same as those of Aristotle. The purpose of this article is to analyse some of the Aristotelian ideas appearing in Abraham ibn Ezra’s biblical commentaries and explain how he adapts the Aristotelian concepts to the explanation of the specific biblical verses. Ibn Ezra uses these concepts in his explanation of the structure of the Universe as found in some Psalms, the creation of the world in Genesis 1, and the origin of evil according to the book of Ecclesiastes. This paper also attempts to provide a hypothesis on how Ibn Ezra was able to apprehend Aristotelian philosophy.

scholarly journals Environmental Revolution in Contemporary Buddhism: The Interbeing of Individual and Collective Consciousness in Ecology

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Lim
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Movement ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Spiritual Awakening ◽  
Collective Consciousness ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The World ◽  
Thich Nhat Hanh ◽  
Transformation Of Consciousness ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Insight Into

A spiritual awakening is necessary to address the global ecological crisis and to bring about an environmental revolution. The aim of this paper is to bring together various passages from Thich Nhat Hanh’s works that refer to a collective consciousness and environmental revolution, in order to gain some insight into what the view of contemporary Buddhism might have been on the idea of Buddhist environmentalism. This paper is divided into three main areas: the concept of interbeing, the view on the interdependent nature of individual and collective consciousness, and the various interdependent elements influencing the transformation of consciousness that could bring about an environmental revolution in ecology. In using the concept of interbeing coined by Thich Nhat Hanh, I argue that this understanding of the interconnected relationship of everything in the world will enhance the awareness of a global environmental movement for a better future, which is possible.

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