Religious Studies

For centuries, the Psalms have shaped theology and culture. In twenty steps, Günter Bader demonstrates how the Psalter links historical, practical, and systematic theology. Through his analysis, he suggests: Theology itself can hardly be conceived without the Psalter.

In the Book of Ezekiel, the term »midst/middle« appears with the highest frequency in any book of the Hebrew Bible. In line with Ancient Near Eastern ideas of cosmic order, the concept of »center - periphery« serves to illustrate the prophet's message of doom and restoration for 6th century Israel.

Prophetic texts of the Old Testament pose special challenges for ancient translators and modern interpreters in terms of textual history and theology. This collected volume brings together studies on the development of textual traditions, translation techniques, and the reception of prophetic texts.

Christian Kamleiter shows how Rudolf Otto's theory of religion is based on extensive reflections on the possibilities and limits of religious communication. He places a special focus on Otto's unpublished lecture on dogmatics and reconstructs how Otto's theory of religious communication is an actualization of concepts prefigured by Friedrich Schleiermacher.