Negative Theology as an Expression of God’s Freedom in the Torah of the Book of Deuteronomy and Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible

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2023

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Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II

Abstract

This paper traces the history of the negative theology of YHWH from the beginning of the integration of YHWH into the Canaanite pantheon to the post-exilic period in the Torah through the interpretation of the She ma’ Israel from its mono-Yahwistic understanding to monotheism as an expression of God’s freedom. In the second step, the development of negative theology is traced from the pre-exilic proverbs, which understand God as a limit of knowledge, to negative theology in the Book of Job and Qohelet, as well as the overcoming of negative theology in the paradise-narrative in Genesis 2–3 through the freedom of choice granted to man by God.

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Artykuł w języku angielskim.

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negative theology, monotheism, mono-Yahwism, monolatry, henotheism, biblical epistemology, Book of Proverbs, gnomic apperception, Book of Ecclesiastes, Book of Job, good, evil, paradise-narrative, YHWH, theology, freedom, God's freedom, Torah, Book of Deuteronomy, wisdom literature, biblical wisdom literature, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Bible wisdom literature, Bible, Pentateuch, biblical studies, biblical theology, teologia negatywna, monoteizm, monojahwizm, monolatria, henoteizm, epistemologia biblijna, Księga Przysłów, apercepcja gnomiczna, Księga Koheleta, Księga Hioba, dobro, zło, narracja rajska, teologia, wolność, wolność Boża, Tora, Księga Powtórzonego Prawa, literatura mądrościowa, biblijna literatura mądrościowa, Biblia Hebrajska, literatura mądrościowa Biblii Hebrajskiej, Biblia, Pismo Święte, Pięcioksiąg, biblistyka, teologia biblijna

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Verbum Vitae, 2023, T. 41, nr 3, s. 483-497.

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