Old Testament Imaginaries of the Nation in German, Dutch, and Anglo-American Protestant Political Thought

This issue draws attention to the importance of Old Testament scholarship to conceptions of nationhood in Protestant political thought. Inclusive of biblical studies, history, theology, and political thought, this issue discusses hermeneutical as well as political tensions that are inherent to the r...

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Authors: Johnson, Sophia (Author) ; Tol, Mariëtta van der (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2021
In: Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2021, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-141
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Politics / Nation (university) / Divine covenant / Bund (Sociology) / Protestantism
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
HB Old Testament
KDD Protestant Church
NCD Political ethics
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Covenant
B Supersessionism
B Protestantism
B Politics
B Old Testament
B Nation (university)
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Summary:This issue draws attention to the importance of Old Testament scholarship to conceptions of nationhood in Protestant political thought. Inclusive of biblical studies, history, theology, and political thought, this issue discusses hermeneutical as well as political tensions that are inherent to the reception of the Old Testament within political theology. These tensions primarily concerned the role of covenant, reason and the natural order, spilling into what would be recognized today as supersessionism, antisemitism and in some cases, even racism. Within that, it remains important to distinguish political contexts as the historical role of Protestant traditions and their current significance to right-wing uses of biblical imaginaries of the nation differs between Germany, the Netherlands as well as Anglo-American countries.
ISSN:2329-4434
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2021-0025