Reliving the past

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Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944-

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OpenJournals Publishing

Abstract

The awareness of the historical nature of our human existence had a profound influence on Old Testament scholarship. The historical nature of the Hebrew Bible was also realised and historical criticism was the result, but in the 20th century there was resistance against this method. This article is an attempt to emphasise the importance of historical understanding as a means of reliving the experiences of others in the present. To illustrate this we focus on the work of Eckart Otto and his exposition of the golden calf narrative in Deuteronomy 9:9–21; 10:1–5*. The importance of his work for us lies in his blending of synchrony and diachrony in the study of the book of Deuteronomy.

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Old Testament scholarship, Human existence, Hebrew Bible, South African biblical scholarship, Resistance, Synchrony, Diachrony, Past can give hope, Past becomes present

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Le Roux, J., 2015, ‘Reliving the past’, HTS TeologieseStudies/Theological Studies 71(1), Art. #3058, 6 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v71i1.3058.