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Neuzeitliche Mythosdiskussion und altkirchliche Schriftauslegung

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2006

MARTIN MEISER
Affiliation:
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, FB 01, D-48143 Münster, Germany

Abstract

Within the current discussion of myth in New Testament theology this article reconsiders the ongoing myth debate between Greco-Roman, Jewish and Christian authors against the background not of atheism but of philosophical theology. Over against its challenges Greco–Roman authors defend the myth as exemplum within a sociologically framed accommodation theory and interpret problematic texts using allegorical exegesis. Jewish and Christian authors follow these patterns. In particular, ancient Christian commentators on the Bible use the ancient category of ‘myth as exemplum’ to understand the activities of God and Jesus Christ not only as the base but also as an exemplum for the pious life.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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