1st Edition
Volume 1, Tome I: Kierkegaard and the Bible - The Old Testament
294 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
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Exploring Kierkegaard's complex use of the Bible, the essays in this volume use source-critical research and tools ranging from literary criticism to theology and biblical studies, to situate Kierkegaard's appropriation of the biblical material in his cultural and intellectual context. The contributors seek to identify the possible sources that may have influenced Kierkegaard's understanding and... Read more
Contents: Preface; Part I Individual Texts and Figures: Adam and Eve: human being and nothingness, Timothy Dalrymple; Abraham: framing Fear and Trembling, Timothy Dalrymple; Moses: the positive and negative importance of Moses in Kierkegaard's thought, Paul Martens; David and Solomon: models of repentance and evasion of guilt, Matthias Engelke; Job: edification against theodicy, Timothy H. Polk; Psalms: source of images and contrasts, Matthias Engelke; Ecclesiastes: vanity, grief, and the distinctions of wisdom, Will Williams; Nebuchadnezzar: the king as image of transformation, Matthias Engelke. Part II Overview Articles: Kierkegaard's rewriting of Biblical narratives: the mirror of the text, Iben Damgaard; Kierkegaard's use of the Old Testament: from literary resource to the word of God, Lori Unger Brandt; Kierkegaard's use of the Apocrypha: is it 'scripture' or 'good for reading'?, W. Glenn Kirkconnell; Indexes.
Biography
Professor Lee C. Barrett lectures at Lancaster Theological Seminary in the USA. Jon Stewart is an Associate Research Professor in the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
'This excellent collection of essays brings together the best contemporary Kierkegaard scholarship. ... combines superb primary research and exegetical content of Kierkegaard's insights... This is a valuable resource not only for charting and reanalysing Kierkegaard's philosophy in light of Scripture, but for reanalysing one's own.' Theological Book Review
