Project Details
Projekt
Das gezähmte Chaos und die göttliche Gabe der Fruchtbarkeit. Naturmotivik in der althebräischen Königsideologie und ihre Transformation in der heilsgeschichtlichen Theologie des Alten Testaments
Subject Area
Protestant Theology
Term
from 2013 to 2021
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 228265259
In the first funding period, the project investigated to what extent monarchic rule in Israel and Judah made use of nature motifs as a means of self-legitimation. During this phase, the project also analyzed the post-monarchic transformation of these concepts (e.g. Deut 32; 1Henoch 52; and other texts). This transformation shall be investigated more deeply during the second funding period. The project will focus on the post-exilic expectations for developing an ideal constitution for Israel as a theocratic state. Based upon the results of the first funding period, two fields of research suggest themselves as a logical continuation: (1) visions of Israel¿s tribes living within a country blessed by abundant fertility (esp. Gen 49; Deut 33), and (2) the utopian visions of a restored monarchic order, in which nature returns to a salvific and even Paradisian state after being brought into chaos by the downfall of the kingdom (e.g., Isa 11; Am 9; Mic 4).
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