Violencia y monoteísmo un ejemplo según el antiguo testamento

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Norbert Lohfink

Abstract

The idea of an essential relationship between monotheism and violence is much older than the September 11th 2001 blowing of the twin towers in New York by the Saudi Arabian monotheists of Al-Qaida. The context of this essay relates solely to the Old Testament. It is indeed a very restricted milieu but it bares a significant meaning because it is the cradle where all the so called monotheisms are born. This Old Testament environment is, in fact, the basis of an increasing nostalgia for a pacific polytheism in our days.

Keywords:
Bible Monotheism Polytheism Violence

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Author Biography

Norbert Lohfink, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Doctor en Sagrada Escritura del Instituto Pontificio de Roma. Profesor en Sankt Georgen en Frankfurt y en el Instituto Bíblico de Roma. Actualmente pertenece al comité de la editorial Katholisches Bibelwerk y de la Revista Bíblica de Roma. Ha escrito numerosos libros y artículos dentro de los que se destacan en castellano: Valores actuales del Antiguo testamento, 1968; Las tradiciones del Pentateuco, 1998; La Opción por los pobres, 1999; The Inerrancy of Scripture and other essays. Ed. Bibal 1994; Church Dreams Talking Against the Grain 1999; A la sombra de tus alas, Desclée de Brouwer, Bilbao 2002.