scholarly journals The Everlasting Kingdom

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Everett Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Bible Study ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Reign Of God ◽  
The Way

This is a small bible study on the use of the word "kingdom" in the Bible. It was in a series called the Way of Life Series and designed for church study. It begins in the Old Testament and moves through to Revelation offering a summary of what the Bible means by the reign of God.

scholarly journals “Varii errores qui ab origine mundi emerserunt”. The semantic scope of the term “heresy” in Philastrius’ of Brescia Diversarum hereseon liber

Vox Patrum ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 315-325
Author(s):  
Mariusz Szram
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Rule Of Faith ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church ◽  
Semantic Scope

The bishop of Brescia, Philastrius, author of the first Latin catalogue of he­resies, written between 380 and 388, presented in his treaty an extremely large number of heterodox movements: 28 within Judaism and 128 in early Christianity. This comes as a result of a wide understanding of the term heresis. For Philastrius this term was synonymous with the term error, recognized as any deviation from the universal truth in the history of the world, inspired by Satan as “the father of lies”, ocurring primarily in Judaism and Christianity. Among the early Christian views defined by the bishop of Brescia as heresy five groups can be distinguished. The first group includes mainly the erroneous views on fundamental theological questions contained in the rule of faith, such as the concept of a creator God and saviour Jesus Christ. The second set of he­resies, closely related with the previous one, contains the erroneous doctrines of anthropology, such as questioning the resurrection of the human body or the view of the materiality of the human soul. The third group includes the views related to the misinterpretation of Scripture, especially exaggerated literal interpretations of the texts of the Old Testament, as well as the cosmological views which do not agree with descriptions contained within the Bible. The fourth group contains the moral issues related to the based on laxism or rigorism way of life, as well as to the attitude of lack of deference to the laws of the Church, but non-threatening the primary truths of the Christian faith. The fifth group of heresies includes the movements defined by the authors of the late patristic period as a schizm, while the term schisma is not at all used by the bishop of Brescia in his work. The semantic scope of the term heresis in Philastrius’ treaty went beyond the noncompliance with the regula fidei. According to the bishop of Brescia each offense – whether in doctrinal teaching or practice of life, as well as with regard to the understanding of the text of Scripture – is a heresy because it offends God and the Church. Therefore, in Philastrius opinion one should not differentiate between superior and minor error, but equally condemn them as attitudes directed against God as the Father of Truth.

BIBLE TOPICS IN THE HISTORICAL PROSE OF UKRAINIAN EMIGRATION

2019 ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Ihor Nabytovych
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Historical Novels ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Artistic Experience ◽  
Base Text ◽  
Semantic Significance ◽  
The Way

In the article there are summarized innovative approaches to artistic mastering of Bible topics in creative work of Ukrainian emigration writers of 1920th – 1970th: Natalena Koroleva, Leonid Mosendz and V. Domontovych (Victor Petrov). Ukrainian tradition of mastering Bible topics was interrupted by Russian occupation; it finds its bright artistic embodiment in artistic historical prose of Ukrainian emigration. This artistic experience enriches Ukrainian writing by mastering of Bible topics and motives via Bible stylizations, renaissance or creation of newly created new genre formations, contaminations of religious and historiosophical problems, searches of new narrative strategies of artistic mastering of the Holy Scripture. The article traces the way biblical stylizations become a style-forming means in the Ukrainian prose of the XX century. Historical novels Quid est Veritas?(What is the Truth?) by Natalena Koroleva and The Last Prophet by Leonid Mosendz are the basic works of fiction wherein they, playing forming roles, become an important element in poetic language and style. The way L. Mosendz uses bible stylizations in his novel The Last Prophet results in a special art amplification. The author conditionally expands his text’s sense by dint of bible stylizations and his allusive returning to the semiotic-semantic significance of the “base-text”. As the latter is the Bible (or, rather, the Old Testament), generating the said allusive amplifications, Mosendz’ novel, thus, sounds in several creative aspects. One of them is “filling up” the gaps in evangelical texts about John the Baptist’s life. Such “fillings up” occur both through the author’s fiction and his artistic reconstruction based on historical sources. The transformed and adsorbed through bible stylizations elements of neoclassicism and neo-romanticism create in the stylistic palette of novel Quid est Veritas? that unique stylistic aura, which represents Natalena Koroleva’s experimentalist attempts both in the genre field (her attempt to create a Ukrainian historical epopee representing the epoch historically very remote from the artist) and in the stylistic domain. One more specific feature of Koroleva’s novel – its epic character – is also created by help of bible stylizations. The allocation of the said stylistic macrostructures enables to present the general exhibitions of each of the author’s basic idiostyle elements.

scholarly journals Reading Texts on The Violence of God in The Bible

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Gregorius Tri Wardoyo
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
New Creation ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Way ◽  
Reading Texts

<p><em>Violent texts in the bible</em><em> both in the Old Testament or in the New Testament</em><em>, especially in the Old Testament, arise a problem</em><em> for a potential reader</em><em> on how to read </em><em>and understand their message and the theology of the author of the Book.</em><em> </em><em>For this reason, b</em><em>iblical scholars try to read it and they propose the way to read such texts</em><em>, such as to read them in the historical context of the Book itself, and interpret them as a reflection of the author and their experience</em><em>. This article tries to propose another way to read violent texts, in particularly that involve God as author of violent deeds. The methode of this discussion is exegetical analysis on the texts of the Old Testament</em><em>, especially on those which narrate the violent deeds of God </em><em>. The result of the study is the violent deeds of God aim to recreate the creation; that is why such violent texts might be read in the frame of the new creation.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words</em></strong><em>: </em>Alkitab, Keluaran, Kekerasan, Allah, Penciptaan (Baru)</p>

scholarly journals Metafora soli w Biblii i literaturze wczesnochrześcijańskiej

Vox Patrum ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 221-243
Author(s):  
Mieczysław Celestyn Paczkowski
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Christian Literature ◽  
The Way

The article presents the complex symbolism of salt that was strongly in­fluenced by the rites and beliefs of the pagan and the biblical world as well as early Christian literature. The salt is an element present in every aspect of human life (food, medicine and religious cults). It played an important role in sacrifices and offerings of Old Testament. For this reason, Jesus’ use of this metaphor was extremely familiar to His followers. On the biblical bases the various allegorical motifs of salt were present in Christian authors. Metaphors associated with the salt became precise and rich. Salt was a symbolic figure of wisdom, moral cleanness and incorruptibility. God’s salt enabled one to triumph over the spiritual enemy. The Fathers taught to point others to the way of life, to show how they might be preserved from death and destruction. They pointed out how the purpose of Christian life depended on their spiritual saltiness.

scholarly journals Between Theology and Text Criticism as Interpreted on the Psalms by Hans-Joachim Kraus

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Ириней Пиковский
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Bible Study ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Biblical Sources

Цель настоящего исследования - показать, каким образом немецкий учёный Ганс-Иоахим Краус (1918-2000 гг.) совместил теологический подход к исследованию Писания с историко-критическим. Это делается на примере его экзегезы 109 и 131 псалмов, входящей в известнейший труд Крауса - трёхтомный комментарий на Псалтирь. Для решения поставленной задачи проводится анализ предпосылок научного подхода Крауса, которые связаны с верой Бога, открываемой Ветхим Заветом. Далее демонстрируется методология Крауса по реконструкции исторической и культовой среды, в которой формировались библейские поэмы. Как показывает исследование, Краус активно использует небиблейские источники, проводит текстологический анализ рукописей, показывая какую роль могли играть псалмы в культе почитания Сиона и иерусалимского царя. Краус избегает использование типологии и аллегории и осторожно подходит к вопросу об исполнении ветхозаветных пророчеств в Новом Завете. Как учёный, он доказывает, что Писание содержит фактологическую информацию, которой можно верить. Его строго академический и в то же время по-христиански благоговейный подход к исследованию Библии, на наш взгляд, может служить ответом на вопрос, как может сочетаться вера с научным познанием Библии. One of those German scholars who tried to combine the theological with the historical-critical approach to the Scriptures studies was Hans-Joachim Kraus (1918-2000). Kraus’s most famous work is a three-volume commentary on the Psalter. Using the exegesis of Psalms 109 and 131 as an example, the author of this article shows how Kraus balanced between theology and historical criticism. For this, an analysis of his premises of the faith in the living God is carried out. I try to demonstrate Kraus’s methodology in reconstructing the historical cultic environment in which the biblical poems were formed. As my study shows, Kraus actively uses non-biblical sources, conducts theological analysis of manuscripts, showing what role the psalms could play in the veneration of Zion and Jerusalem king. Kraus avoids the use of typology and allegory and is cautious about fulfilling Old Testament prophecy in the New Testament. As a scientist, he argues that Scripture contains factual information that can be believed. His strictly academic and at the same time Christian-reverent approach to Bible study, in my opinion, can serve as an answer to the question: how can faith be combined with scientific investigation of the Bible.

scholarly journals Telaah Intertekstual Terhadap Sajak-Sajak Tentang Nabi Ayub

ATAVISME ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Puji Santosa
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Bible Stories ◽  
The Way

Makalah ini menelaah secara intertekstual enam sajak Indonesia modern yang berisi tentang Nabi Ayub, yaitu “Tafsir Ayub Sang Nabi” (Motinggo Busye), ”Balada Nabi Ayub”(Taufiq Ismail), “Ini Terjadi Ketika Matahari Menggapai Sia-Sia” (Darmanto Jatman), ”Doa Ayub”(Abdul Hadi W.M.), serta “Duka Ayub” dan “Ayubkan Kesabaran” (Emha Ainun Nadjib). Berdasarkan prinsip intertektual, keenam sajak Indonesia modern tersebut ditelaah dengan cara membandingkan, menjajarkan, dan mengontraskan teks transformasi dengan teks lain yang diacunya. Hasil telaah itu membuktikan bahwa keenam sajak tersebut merupakan mosaik, kutipan-kutipan, penyerapan, dan transformasi teks-teks kisah Nabi Ayub yang terdapat dalam Alkitab, Alquran, Cerita-cerita Alkitab Perjanjian Lama, dan Qishashul Anbiya. Dengan cara membandingkan, menjajarkan, dan mengontraskan diperoleh makna bahwa kelima penyair sastra Indonesia tersebut secara kreatif estetis mentransformasikan kisah Nabi Ayub ke dalam ciptaan karya sajak yang bernilai sebagai teladan kesabaran dan ketabahan ketika menghadapi berbagai cobaan hidup yang dideritanya. Abstract: This paper intertextually examines six modern Indonesian poetries which contain about the Prophet Job, namely “Tafsir Ayub Sang Nabi” (Motinggo Busye), “Balada Nabi Ayub” (Taufiq Ismail), “Ini Terjadi Ketika Matahari Menggapai Sia-Sia” (Darmanto Jatman), “Doa Ayub” (Abdul Hadi W.M.), “Duka Ayub” (Emha Ainun Nadjib), and “Ayubkan Kesabaran” (Emha Ainun Nadjib). Based on the principle of intertextuality, the six modern Indonesian poetries are reviewed by comparing, aligning, and contrasting the transformation of a text with other texts to which it refers. The result proves that the six texts of modern Indonesian poetry are mosaic, quotations, absorptions, and transformation of texts contained the story of Prophet Job in the Bible, the Quran, Bible Stories Old Testament, and Qishashul Anbiya. By the way of comparison, alignment, and contrast, the analysis obtained the meaning that the five Indonesian poets creatively transformed the story of “Kisah Nabi Ayub” into the creation of poetries which are valuable as a paragon of patience and fortitude in the face of various trials of life suffered. Key Words: intertextual; mosaics; quotes; absorption; transformation

scholarly journals Reconciliation in Deuteronomy

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 263-274
Author(s):  
H F Van Rooy
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Promised Land ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
God's People ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
The Way

The Book of Deuteronomy holds a central position in the Old Testament, and indeed in the Bible as a whole. It provides a summary of what the faith of Israel in the Old Testament is all about. It speaks about the covenant God made between himself and his people, about faithfulness to that covenant and of  the implications of breaking the covenant. This covenant had implications not only for the way the people of Israel had to live as God’s people in God’s land, but also for the relationship among the members of the covenant. This article discusses the structure of the book of Deuteronomy, and then the way in which reconciliation appears in each of the different parts. The theme of reconciliation is not dealt with explicitly in all the passages discussed, but it does form a part of the subtext of the book of Deuteronomy. The people could only experience the Lord’s blessings in the promised land after He had brought about reconciliation between Himself and them. To keep on experiencing the Lord’s blessings, they had to remain faithfull to Him, obey his commandments and live within the boundaries He prescribed.

The Concept of Palestine: The Conception Of Palestine from the Late Bronze Age to the Modern Period

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Masalha
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Political Geography ◽  
Classical Antiquity ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Collective Consciousness ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
Master Narratives ◽  
The Bible ◽  
School History

The Concept of Palestine is deeply rooted in the collective consciousness of the indigenous people of Palestine and the multicultural ancient past. The name Palestine is the most commonly used from the Late Bronze Age (from 1300 BCE) onwards. The name Palestine is evident in countless histories, inscriptions, maps and coins from antiquity, medieval and modern Palestine. From the Late Bronze Age onwards the names used for the region, such as Djahi, Retenu and Cana'an, all gave way to the name Palestine. Throughout Classical Antiquity the name Palestine remained the most common and during the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods the concept and political geography of Palestine acquired official administrative status. This article sets out to explain the historical origins of the concept of Palestine and the evolving political geography of the country. It will seek to demonstrate how the name ‘Palestine’ (rather than the term ‘Cana'an’) was most commonly and formally used in ancient history. It argues that the legend of the ‘Israelites’ conquest of Cana'an’ and other master narratives of the Bible evolved across many centuries; they are myth-narratives, not evidence-based accurate history. It further argues that academic and school history curricula should be based on historical facts/empirical evidence/archaeological discoveries – not on master narratives or Old Testament sacred-history and religio-ideological constructs.

Invention of Judaism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Judaism is often understood as the way of life defined by the Torah of Moses, but it was not always so. This book identifies key moments in the rise of the Torah, beginning with the formation of Deuteronomy, advancing through the reform of Ezra, the impact of the suppression of the Torah by Antiochus Epiphanes and the consequent Maccabean revolt, and the rise of Jewish sectarianism. It also discusses variant forms of Judaism, some of which are not Torah-centered and others which construe the Torah through the lenses of Hellenistic culture or through higher, apocalyptic, revelation. It concludes with the critique of the Torah in the writings of Paul.

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