The aim of this study is to deal with the relationship between the Jewish motheism and the Christian Trinity. The common ground of these two belief systems is the Second Temple Judaism, and, therefore, they are historically linked with each other. The study deals with this connection by analysing the historical development of the Jewish motheism in its confrontation to the Christian Trinity and the historical development of the Christology from Jewish mystical concepts to the form of the Greek philosophy. The study attempts to approach the Jewish and Christian religions by considering how the theory of religion differs from the practice of religion. With the aid of semiotic analysis the study attempts to describe the pitfalls which threaten the mystical nature of the Jewish and Christian religions by transforming them into theories of religion. In Jewish-Christian encounter both parts should attempt to dismantle hidden agendas of philosophical understanding of their concepts of God and discuss how they understand them in the mystical way. The mystical understanding may open the way to frank and humble encounter.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Gmbh
ISBN-10
3631345313
ISBN-13
9783631345313
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104205241
Additional Product Features
FIRST Published
1999
Place of Publication
Frankfurt AM Main
Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
The Author: Dr. Antti Laato is docent in Old Testament exegetics with Judaic Studies at Abo Akademi University (Finland). He has also studied mathematics (M.A.) and is interested in mathematical logic and semiotics. He has acted as scholar at the Academy of Finland for years 1989-1998 and is the author of several monographs and articles in international journals.
