Research projects are(co)funded by the Slovenian Research Agency.
Member of the University of Ljubljana |
UL Faculty of Theology |
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J6-5567 |
Project |
Word in Dialogue |
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1.7.2014 - 30.06.2017 |
Range on year |
1,06 FTE |
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Research activity |
Humanities / Theology |
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Abstract
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The Bible of the Old and New Testaments presents universal history as an overarching story of the world from Creation to eschatological consummation constituting the basic theological framework embodied in creeds, symbols and liturgies and interpreted in various complementary approaches and methods in science, art and religion. The biblical vision of universal history is based on the crucial place and metaphorical meaning of the word in the Bible and in Judeo-Christian religion and culture, while encompassing cosmological and personal dimensions in intensive interaction. God addresses the earth (Isa 1:2; Hag 1:11; Ps 50:4), speaks to natural entities (Gen 1:22; 3:14; Isa 45:8; Job 37:6; 38:35), and calls them by name (Isa 40:26; Ps 147:4). The cosmic dimension of God’s speech through creation is conspicuously depicted in the poetic descriptions in Ps 19:2-7 and Ps 29. In Ps 4-5 we read: “There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.” In personal relationship, the Word of God is conveyed in dreams, visions, voices out of clouds, as well as directly to the human mind and heart. In the context of Creation, Election and Covenant traditions, an especially great weight is attributed to the role of Jesus of Nazareth as “the centre of time” in the New Testament. |
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