Der Sinn des Mythos in Theologie und Hermeneutik
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- 2023
Summary
In his new book, the internationally renowned exegete Udo Schnelle outlines our understanding of myth from its beginnings to the present. He sees in myth an appropriate, and not outdated, form of speaking about God and the divine. One can speak of God only in images, metaphors and symbols, but above all in the form of myth as a meaning-giving narrative. Myths are fundamental stories that give order to life and provide orientation. A powerful myth preserves a surplus of knowledge and emotionality that goes beyond its temporal interpretations. It takes seriously the openness and incompleteness of reality and is open to God’s work in the world. Bultmann’s classification of myth as an inadequate way of speaking misses the essence and function of myth. Myth, as a narrative that creates meaning, is appropriate and at the same time indispensable – not only in theology, but also in hermeneutics. Just as history cannot be de-historicized and poetry de-poetized, so too the early Christian myth of the life, death and resurrection of the Son of God Jesus Christ cannot be demythologized. Rather, it must be interpreted on the premise of a positive understanding of myth and the conditions of modern, self-critical reason.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2023
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-374-07392-4
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-374-07393-1
- Publisher
- EVA, Leipzig
- Language
- German
- Pages
- 240
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Table of contents
- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
- 1.1 Der griechische Grund-Mythos No access
- 1.2 Grundlegende Erklärungsversuche und Begriffsbestimmungen No access
- 2.1 Die ‚mythische Schule‘ No access
- 2.2 David Friedrich Strauss und die Radikalkritik No access
- 2.3 Der Mythos-Begriff in der Religionsgeschichtlichen Schule No access
- 2.4 Mythos und Entmythologisierung bei Rudolf Bultmann No access
- 2.5 Stärken und Schwächen des Entmythologisierungsprogramms No access
- 2.6 Die Debatte um die Entmythologisierung No access
- 3.1 Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling No access
- 3.2 Ernst Cassirer No access
- 3.3 Der Mythos in den Religionswissenschaften No access
- 3.4 Paul Ricoer No access
- 3.5 Hans-Georg Gadamer No access
- 3.6 Hans Blumenberg No access
- 3.7 Kurt Hübner No access
- 3.8 Volker Gerhardt No access
- 3.9 Der Mythos in den Geschichtswissenschaften No access
- 3.10 Der Stand der Dinge oder: Der Mythos als Deutungssystem No access
- 4.1 Was ist ein Mythos oder: Wie kann der Mensch über Gott und das Göttliche reden? No access
- 4.2 Bild und Mythos No access
- 4.3 Metapher und Mythos No access
- 4.4 Symbol und Mythos No access
- 4.5 Ritual und Mythos No access
- 4.6 Märchen, Sage, Legende und Mythos No access
- 4.7 Mythos und Geschichte No access
- 4.8 Formelemente, Motive und Erzählstrukturen des Mythos No access
- 5.1 Der historische Kern des frühchristlichen Mythos No access
- 5.2 Der Grund-Mythos: Die Gottwerdung eines Menschen als Menschwerdung Gottes No access
- 5.3 Der Jesus-Christus-Mythos bei Paulus No access
- 5.4 Der Jesus-Christus-Mythos im Kolosser- und Epheserbrief No access
- 5.5 Der Jesus-Christus-Mythos bei den Synoptikern No access
- 5.6 Der Jesus-Christus-Mythos bei Johannes No access
- 5.7 Der Jesus-Christus-Mythos in der Johannesoffenbarung No access
- 6.1 Theologie No access
- 6.2 Hermeneutik No access
- 7.1 Literaturverzeichnis No access
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