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En hermeneutik värdig Gud? : En undersökning av Maximos Bekännarens hermeneutik och dess potentiella bidrag till dagens bibeltolkning

Hermansson, Daniel LU (2020) TLVK10 20201
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Abstract
Some theological schools consider the human conscience to be subordinate as a means to revelation of God’s nature compared to the biblical text. This can lead the reader of these texts to do violence to their own conscience by conforming it to the perceived biblical witness, although the two (the reader’s conscience and the biblical witness) can appear as in stark contrast to one another. A cognitive dissonance regarding the view of God’s nature can result, leading to spiritual angst. In this thesis, I examine the potential of Maximus the Confessor’s biblical interpretation to address this issue by exploring his critique of the literal level of the text based on his judgment of what constitutes behavior worthy of God in his exegesis of 2... (More)
Some theological schools consider the human conscience to be subordinate as a means to revelation of God’s nature compared to the biblical text. This can lead the reader of these texts to do violence to their own conscience by conforming it to the perceived biblical witness, although the two (the reader’s conscience and the biblical witness) can appear as in stark contrast to one another. A cognitive dissonance regarding the view of God’s nature can result, leading to spiritual angst. In this thesis, I examine the potential of Maximus the Confessor’s biblical interpretation to address this issue by exploring his critique of the literal level of the text based on his judgment of what constitutes behavior worthy of God in his exegesis of 2 Chronicles 32:25–26. I develop a suggestion as to how the readers conscience can be theologically motivated to be a source of knowledge of God’s nature worthy of making interpretive judgments based on Maximus’ exegesis and theological understanding of God, scripture and man. (Less)
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author
Hermansson, Daniel LU
supervisor
organization
course
TLVK10 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Maximus Confessor, biblical interpretation, exegesis, hermeneutics, theoprepes, defectus litterae
language
Swedish
id
9016813
date added to LUP
2020-06-12 13:31:50
date last changed
2020-06-12 13:31:50
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  abstract     = {{Some theological schools consider the human conscience to be subordinate as a means to revelation of God’s nature compared to the biblical text. This can lead the reader of these texts to do violence to their own conscience by conforming it to the perceived biblical witness, although the two (the reader’s conscience and the biblical witness) can appear as in stark contrast to one another. A cognitive dissonance regarding the view of God’s nature can result, leading to spiritual angst. In this thesis, I examine the potential of Maximus the Confessor’s biblical interpretation to address this issue by exploring his critique of the literal level of the text based on his judgment of what constitutes behavior worthy of God in his exegesis of 2 Chronicles 32:25–26. I develop a suggestion as to how the readers conscience can be theologically motivated to be a source of knowledge of God’s nature worthy of making interpretive judgments based on Maximus’ exegesis and theological understanding of God, scripture and man.}},
  author       = {{Hermansson, Daniel}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{En hermeneutik värdig Gud? : En undersökning av Maximos Bekännarens hermeneutik och dess potentiella bidrag till dagens bibeltolkning}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}