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Logia/Sayings Source/Q
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[German Version] Logia/Sayings Source/Q, terms for a second source (abbreviated with the
siglum “Q” [for Ger.
Quelle = source] since J. Weiß) that is believed to have existed alongside Mark and from which Matthew and Luke drew in the writing of their own Gospels. The postulated existence of such a document, which is neither attested by manuscripts nor mentioned in other sources, thus rests on the premise that the synoptic question can be resolved by the Two-Source Hypothesis. Within this hypothesis, the assumpt…
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Religion Past and Present
Memory
(1,437 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Bible – III. Philosophy
I. Religious Studies Memory, in the present context, is the ability to store motor skills, experiences, and learned materialover longer periods; remembrance on the other hand has to do with the use of memory. Individual memory is already ¶ socially conditioned (through language, socialization, cultural setting) and thus has a communicative character. Institutionalization (e.g. feasts, school) and objectivization (e.g. rites [Rite and ritual], texts) serve to stabilize the co…
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Religion Past and Present
Kingdom of God
(8,569 words)
[German Version] I. Old Testament – II. Early Judaism – III. New Testament – IV. Historical Theology and Dogmatics – V. Social Ethics
I. Old Testament Although English Bibles have generally used
kingdom of God to render Heb. מַלְכּוּת/
malkût and Gk βασιλεία/
basileía with a divine subject (genitive), some modern translators prefer instead a purely functional term such as
kingship, without spatial or geographical connotations. Such connotations were definitely implicit in the Hebrew expression, which furthermore is used only in the singular for king…
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Religion Past and Present
Tradition
(8,661 words)
[German Version]
I. Religious Studies In general usage,
tradition (from Lat.
transdare/
tradere, “hand on, transmit”) connotes retention and safeguarding, understood as a conservative handing down of mores, customs, norms, rules, and knowledge. The emphasis is on continuity with the past. Jan Assmann interprets tradition as an exemplary case of “cultural memory,” an enduring cultural construction of identity. In religions appeal to tradition is a prominent element justifying interpretations, practices, clai…
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Religion Past and Present