Theology

How did people in ancient Israel perceive God, the world, and themselves? Bernd Janowski explores Old Testament aesthetics using the concept of perception (aisthesis) and substantiates this through analyses of basic concepts such as beauty and glory, as well as the main themes of space/time experiences, the vision of God (visio Dei), etc.

Christian Blumenthal interprets the Epistle of Jude and the Second Epistle of Peter in their cultural contexts, elaborates on their strategic theological ambiguities, and inquires into their pragmatic potential against the backdrop of the expansive polemical black-and-white contrasts in both epistles.

Matthew Percuoco offers an analysis of the final four chapters of the book of Samuel. Drawing upon the research on the use of various literary devices in biblical scholarship, he proposes that the six sections that comprise 2 Samuel 21-24 serve as a miniature replica of the book of Samuel, which reflects the content and major themes of the book.

The cross is the tremendum of theology and its fascinosum . The cross as a rupture of interpretations marks the Other of the media of religion. The cross breaks open the possibilities for the media of religion: in word, writing and image of the cross. Theology of the cross thus becomes the phobic prolegomena of medial theology.