Hebraica veritas! ... aber was heisst hier schon "Wahrheit"?

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The well known thesis of professor Mogens Müller, that the Septuagint and not the Biblia Hebraica is the "First Bible of the Church", and that the Old Testament is relevant from a Christian viewpoint only by way of its reception in the New Testament, is evaluated from a historical, text critical and hermeneutical and dogmatic pespective. It is concluded that while the LXX as well as the BH are indispensible sources to the nature of the first Christian Bible, a primacy cannot be claimed for the LXX, nor can we restrict the total potential meaning of the Old Testament in a Christian context to the reception by the New Testament authors of certain passages.
Original languageGerman
Title of host publicationKanon. Bibelens tilblivelse og normative status. Forum for Bibelsk Eksegese 15. Festskrift til Mogens Müller i anl. af 60-års-fødselsdagen d. 25. jan. 2006
Number of pages16
Place of PublicationKøbenhavn
PublisherMuseum Tusculanum
Publication date2006
Pages196-211
ISBN (Print)87 635 0477 4
Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Research areas

  • Faculty of Theology - canon, Septuagint, Biblia Hebraica, Mogens Müller, authority of the Bible

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