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I will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children (Ex 20:5) – The problem of collective responsibility in the Old Testament
Reading:
Schmid, Konrad:
Kollektivschuld? Der Gedanke übergreifender Schuldzusammenhänge im Alten Testament und im Alten Orient
, 193-222 (30)
Mol, Jurrien:
Collective and Individual Responsibility. A Description of Corporate Personality in Ezekiel 18 and 20
Robinson, Henry Wheeler:
Corporate personality in ancient Israel
Content
Controversial texts in the Old Testament
Introduction. Is the Old Testament a Christian text?
It repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth (Gen 6:6) – Limits and possibilities of Old Testament theology
The LORD thy God is a jealous God (Deut 6:15) – Exclusivism and intolerance in the Old Testament
I loved Jacob and I hated Esau (Mal 1:2-3) – Election and rejection
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show thyself (Zsolt 94:1) – The place of negative emotions in Israel's faith
I will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children (Ex 20:5) – The problem of collective responsibility in the Old Testament
Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? (Job 10:10) – The unknown faces of Old Testament anthropology
The LORD encountered him and sought to kill him (Ex 4,24) - Is the God of the Old Testament dangerous?
Spare no one, but kill alike men and women(1Sam 15:3) - Holy war?
Take your favored one, and offer him as a burnt offering (Gen 22:2) - Unrealistic ethical standards?
Vanity of vanities! (Préd 1:2) - Philosophy of life from the margins of the Old Testament
He cursed them in the name of the LORD (2 Kgs 2:24) – Holiness and worldview in the Old Testament
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Heb 10:31) - The other face of the New Testament
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