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Erich Unger's "The Natural Order of Miracles": II. The World of Nature and Miracles in the Pentateuch

Erich Unger's "The Natural Order of Miracles": II. The World of Nature and Miracles in the... The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy , 2002, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 153–189 Erich Unger’s ‘‘The Natural Order of Miracles’’: II. The World of Nature and Miracles in the Pentateuch* Translated by Esther J. Ehrman y POB 1170, Reh Bar Ilan 49/5, Bet Shemesh 99 000, Israel Only now that we are aware of the concepts of myth presented above, can we describe the order of the natural world in the Pentateuch. While the natural world offers a contrast to the mythical world, that contrast is very different from the one that marks off the modern and the mythical way of thinking. Our present view of the world denies the reality of mythical data; the Pentateuch forbids their cultivation . The Pentateuch denies, just as we do, the reality of subjects in what is religious poetry, the reality of ‘gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell’ (Deut. IV, 28). What the Pentateuch does hint at as real are certain beings in vitalistic myths, gods as the cultivated vital forces of peoples. Goldberg’s interpretation of the Pentateuch, therefore, differs from the accepted theological view while agreeing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy Brill

Erich Unger's "The Natural Order of Miracles": II. The World of Nature and Miracles in the Pentateuch

Ehrman, Esther
The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy , Volume 11 (2): 153 – Jan 1, 2002
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© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy , 2002, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 153–189 Erich Unger’s ‘‘The Natural Order of Miracles’’: II. The World of Nature and Miracles in the Pentateuch* Translated by Esther J. Ehrman y POB 1170, Reh Bar Ilan 49/5, Bet Shemesh 99 000, Israel Only now that we are aware of the concepts of myth presented above, can we describe the order of the natural world in the Pentateuch. While the natural world offers a contrast to the mythical world, that contrast is very different from the one that marks off the modern and the mythical way of thinking. Our present view of the world denies the reality of mythical data; the Pentateuch forbids their cultivation . The Pentateuch denies, just as we do, the reality of subjects in what is religious poetry, the reality of ‘gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell’ (Deut. IV, 28). What the Pentateuch does hint at as real are certain beings in vitalistic myths, gods as the cultivated vital forces of peoples. Goldberg’s interpretation of the Pentateuch, therefore, differs from the accepted theological view while agreeing

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