Realism and non-realism in Old Testament theology : a formal-logical and religious-philosophical assessment
| dc.contributor.author | Gericke, Jacobus Wilhelm | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-08-31T10:45:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-08-31T10:45:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In contemporary Old Testament theology there is no consensus among its practitioners as to how we should perceive the relation between the intra-textual representations of YHWH and their supposed counterpart in extra-textual reality. In this paper, the author attempts to describe via both informal and formal-logical discourse, three major ontological positions operative in contemporary Old Testament theology as reconstructed from the perspective of philosophy of religion. It is suggested that the concepts of naïve-realism, critical realism and non-realism (or anti-realism) as utilised in this particular subdiscipline of philosophy may provide useful, nuanced and functional meta-ontological categories for classifying what Old Testament theologians appear to believe about the text-reality relation and the ontological status of YHWH. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Gericke, J 2006, 'Realism and non-realism in Old Testament theology : a formal-logical and religious-philosophical assessment', Old Testament Essays, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 47-57. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_oldtest.html] | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1010-9919 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/3418 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Old Testament Society of South Africa | en |
| dc.rights | Old Testament Society of South Africa | en |
| dc.subject | Philosophy of religion | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Realism | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | God -- Proof, ontological | en |
| dc.title | Realism and non-realism in Old Testament theology : a formal-logical and religious-philosophical assessment | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |