THE HEBREW BIBLE AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

THE HEBREW BIBLE AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Resources for Biblical Study Susan Ackerman, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Editor

Number 70 THE HEBREW BIBLE AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

THE HEBREW BIBLE AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

By Jaco Gericke

Society of Biblical Literature Atlanta

THE HEBREW BIBLE AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gericke, Jaco.

The Hebrew Bible and philosophy of religion / Jaco Gericke.

p. cm. -- (Society of Biblical Literature resources for biblical study ; no. 70)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 978-1-58983-707-2 (paper binding : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-58983-708-9

(electronic format)

1. Philosophy and religion. 2. God (Judaism) 3. Jewish ethics--Philosophy. 4. Bible.

O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title.

BL51.G45 2012

221'.0601--dc23

2012041824

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Preface ...............................................................................................................vii Acknowledgements ...........................................................................................x Abbreviations ....................................................................................................xi

P 1. A Philosophical Approach to Ancient Israelite Religion ......................3 2. Philosophical Approaches to the Study of Religion.............................15 3. Philosophy of Religion and Hebrew Bible Interpretation:

A Brief History of Interdisciplinary Relations......................................41 4. e Hebrew Bible in Philosophy of Religion........................................81 5. Descriptive Currents in Philosophy of Religion for

Hebrew Bible Studies .............................................................................115 6. Possible Analogies for a Philosophy of Ancient

Israelite Religion.....................................................................................155 7. Philosophical Criticism as Biblical Criticism .....................................199 8. Toward a Descriptive Philosophy of Ancient Israelite Religion.......223

P 9. e Nature of Religious Language in the Hebrew Bible ...................243 10. e Concept of Generic Godhood in the Hebrew Bible...................259

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