Scriptural Logic
Diagrams for a Postcritical Metaphysics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20460010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Ochs (0000-0003-3263-326X, Drew University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-92 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7177 • E-ISSN: 1468-0025 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0025.1995.tb00053.x |
| OpenAlex | W2104899025 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Israelites were groaning under the bondage and cried out; and their cry for help from the bondage rose up to God.God heard their moaning . . .and God took notice of them.(Ex.2) An angel of the Lord appeared to [Moses] in a blazing fire out of a bush. . . .And the Lord continued, " I have come down to rescue [My people] . . .Come, therefore, I will send you to Pharoah. . ..But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharoah . . .? " And He said, ehyeh imach, "I will be with you." . . .Moses said to God, "When I come to the Israelites and say to them, "The God of your fathers has sent me to you," and they ask me, mah shmo ?"What is His name?" what shall I say to them?" Vayomer elohim el moshe, ehyeh asher ehyeh: "God said, I will be what I will be . . .Thus shall you say to the Israelites, ehyeh sent me to you . . .." (Ex 3) 1 * You ask if metaphysics is possible after modernity, or after Barth and Wittgenstein and Derrida and the critique of foundationalism?May I invite you, by way of response, to listen in on a conversation?It is a dialogue between what I will call a postcritical philosopher ("P") and apostcritical scriptural theologian --I'll label the latter a "textualist" ("T").What I mean by "postcritical" would be displayed as the pattern of inquiry traced by this dialogue.I take the term "postcritical" from George Lindbeck, 2 whose theological work is described by his commentators as more properly "textualist" rather than "philosophic."I believe my usage is, however, true to Lindbeck's discourse.This means that one of the arguments of this essay is that there is a mode of philosophic inquiry proper to the postcritical orientation in theology that we may associate with such Christian theologians as Hans Frei, etc., as well as
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2006 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |