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Archive | 2010

A Great United Monarchy? Archaeological and Historical Perspectives

Israel Finkelstein; Reinhard G. Kratz; Hermann Spieckermann; Björn Corzilius; Tanja Pilger

Twelve years have passed since I first presented – to the German Institute in Jerusalem – my ideas on the chronology of the Iron Age strata in the Levant and how it impacts on our understanding of the biblical narrative on the United Monarchy of ancient Israel.1 I was naïve enough then to believe that the logic of my ‘correction’ was straightforward and clear. Twelve years and many articles and public debates later, however, the notion of Davidic conquests, Solomonic building projects, and a glamorous United Monarchy – all based on an uncritical reading of the biblical text and in contradiction of archaeological finds – is still alive in certain quarters. This paper presents my updated views on this matter, and tackles several recent claims that archaeology has now proven the historicity of the biblical account of the great kingdom of David and Solomon.


Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament | 2014

Heart, Spirit, and Steadfast Love: Substantial Contributions of Torah and Psalter to Old Testament Theology

Hermann Spieckermann

ABSTRACT God’s desire for a relationship with the world and especially with humanity is highlighted by three theological notions which are of vital importance for the shaping of Old Testament theology, each in its own way: steadfast love, heart, and spirit. This contribution strives to demonstrate how these notions have been used to characterize the relationship between God and humankind primarily in the Torah and in the Psalter.


Archive | 2014

The “Father” of the Old Testament and Its History

Hermann Spieckermann

The manifold use of gods as fathers in Ancient Near Eastern religions contrasts with the sparse use of the appellation Father in the Old Testament. In pre-exilic times, the Old Testament takes a more positive stance toward the father concept as attested to in Egypt. In the New Kingdom, that is, in the second half of the second millennium BCE, the father-son relationship of Amun with the reigning pharaoh exerted considerable theological influence. Through the Babylonian destruction in 587/86 BCE, pre-exilic Jerusalemite theology lost the locus and addressees of living and celebrated evidence of the father-son relationship between Yhwh and the Davidic king. The crisis which followed left marks on the texts of the exilic and postexilic periods. This devastation produced Judaism in the form of a worldwide Diaspora still centered intellectually and religiously in Jerusalem. The destruction of 587/86 gained defining force as the fundamental date of Jewish self-understanding. Keywords: Babylonian destruction; Egypt; father-son relationship; Judaism; Old Testament; pre-exilic Jerusalemite theology


Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament | 2009

“YHWH Bless You and Keep You”: The Relation of History of Israelite Religion and Old Testament Theology Reconsidered

Hermann Spieckermann

ABSTRACT The contribution is a plea for clearly distinguishing between the history of Israelite religion and OT theology. The review of both disciplines in past and present research proves the necessity to have a clear idea of subject and goal of each of both areas. A case study on blessing points out the convergences and differences between the religiohistorical and theological approach. All the observations lead to the conclusion that it is advisable to distinguish between both conceptions while likewise to correlate them for their mutual benefit.


Zeitschrift Fur Theologie Und Kirche | 2008

Das neue Bild der Religionsgeschichte Israels : eine Herausforderung der Theologie?

Hermann Spieckermann

Die Formulierung des Themas impliziert, dass das neue Bild der Religionsge schichte Israels eine Herausforderung fur die Theologie uber die Bibelwissen schaft hinaus darstellt. Darin spiegelt sich das Bewusstsein wider, dass reforma torischer Theologie tiefgreifende Wandlungen in der Erforschung der Religion Israels nicht gleichgultig sein konnen, insofern sie sich ihres Wahrheitsgrundes im standigen Studium der Heiligen Schrift zu vergewissern hat. Tatsachlich gilt: Ruckte reformatorische Theologie andere Tatigkeiten gleichwertig neben das Schriftstudium oder ordnete ihm gar andere vor, stunde sie in der Gefahr, sich selbst aufzugeben. Das »neue Bild der Religionsgeschichte Israels« setzt voraus, dass ein neues von einem alten Bild zu unterscheiden moglich ist. Es wird im Folgenden zu prufen sein, worin die Herausforderung der Theologie durch das neue Bild der Religionsgeschichte genau zu erkennen ist. Handelt es sich etwa um eine inhaltliche Inf ragestellung der Theologie durch die Religionsgeschichte Israels? Oder sind eher epistemologische und methodologische Fragen im Blick, die einer Klarung bedurfen, damit die mit »Theologie« und »Religionsge schichte Israels« umrissenen Forschungsbereiche ihren jeweiligen Beitrag sach gerecht leisten konnen? Die aufgeworfenen Fragen sollen in einem Dreischritt erortert werden: Zu nachst gilt es, das neue Bild der Religionsgeschichte Israels zu erfassen, einzu ordnen und zu bewerten. Sodann wird zu klaren sein, ob und inwiefern dieses Bild der Religionsgeschichte Israels als eine Herausforderung der Theologie be trachtet werden kann. Schlieslich soll der Versuch unternommen werden, der wahren Herausforderung der Schriftauslegung auf die Spur zu kommen. Die drei Schritte sollen, wie von einem Alttestamentier nicht anders zu erwarten, in Konzentration auf das Alte Testament als Teil der christlichen Bibel geschehen, vornehmlich im Blick auf die Disziplin der Theologie des Alten Testaments.


Archive | 2004

The Septuagint version of Isaiah and cognate studies

Isac Leo Seeligmann; Robert Hanhart; Hermann Spieckermann


Biblica | 2000

God's steadfast love. Towards a new conception of Old Testament theology

Hermann Spieckermann


Archive | 2010

One God, one cult, one nation : archaeological and biblical perspectives

Reinhard G. Kratz; Hermann Spieckermann; Björn Corzilius; Tanja Pilger


Archive | 2008

Divine wrath and divine mercy in the world of antiquity

Reinhard G. Kratz; Hermann Spieckermann


Archive | 2010

YHWH in the Northern and Southern Kingdom

Matthias Köckert; Reinhard G. Kratz; Hermann Spieckermann; Björn Corzilius; Tanja Pilger

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