Defending the Concept of Time in the Hebrew Bible
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Defending the Concept of Time in the Hebrew Bible. / Bundvad, Mette.
In: SJOT (Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament), Vol. 28, No. 2, 2014, p. 280-297.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Defending the Concept of Time in the Hebrew Bible
AU - Bundvad, Mette
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Due to the scarcity of reflection on time as an independent subject in the Hebrew Bible, there has been a scholarly tendency to consider biblical time conception more limited than our own, perhaps even nonexistent. This article confronts the scholarly skepticism regarding the ability of the biblical authors to think about time, defending the presence of time conceptualization in the Hebrew Bible. In the article I discuss central research contributions to the subject of biblical time, in particular Sacha Stern’s thesis that the concept of time is entirely absent from the Hebrew Bible and from ancient Judaism more widely. I explore linguistic and anthropological assumptions which underpin large parts of the discussion on time within biblical studies, arguing that one cannot assume on the basis of either that the biblical authors lacked a concept of time. Finally, I suggest that the ability of the biblical writers to coordinate unrelated processes according to a temporal axis is a strong argument in favour of their awareness of time.
AB - Due to the scarcity of reflection on time as an independent subject in the Hebrew Bible, there has been a scholarly tendency to consider biblical time conception more limited than our own, perhaps even nonexistent. This article confronts the scholarly skepticism regarding the ability of the biblical authors to think about time, defending the presence of time conceptualization in the Hebrew Bible. In the article I discuss central research contributions to the subject of biblical time, in particular Sacha Stern’s thesis that the concept of time is entirely absent from the Hebrew Bible and from ancient Judaism more widely. I explore linguistic and anthropological assumptions which underpin large parts of the discussion on time within biblical studies, arguing that one cannot assume on the basis of either that the biblical authors lacked a concept of time. Finally, I suggest that the ability of the biblical writers to coordinate unrelated processes according to a temporal axis is a strong argument in favour of their awareness of time.
KW - Faculty of Theology
KW - biblical time conception
KW - time anthropology
KW - linguistic relativism
KW - time and process
KW - Hebrew Bible
KW - Ecclesiastes
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/doi/abs/10.1080/09018328.2014.932575
U2 - 10.1080/09018328.2014.932575
DO - 10.1080/09018328.2014.932575
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 280
EP - 297
JO - Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
JF - Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
SN - 0901-8328
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 132336203