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    • Philosophical interpretations of Exodus 3:14 – a brief historical overview 

      Gericke, J.W. (Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / SabinetSASNES, 2012)
      The ontological assumptions underlying the Hebrew wording of Exodus 3:14 are rather elusive. As a locus classicus for philosophical speculation since at least the time of the LXX, this verse has shown itself to be open to ...
    • Possible analogies for imagining folk–philosophies in ancient Israelite religion 

      Gericke, J.W. (Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2010)
      In this paper, the author seeks to facilitate the process of imagining the presence of philosophical assumptions in the religious language of the Hebrew Bible. After a meta-philosophical deconstruction of the concept of ...
    • YHWH'S personal identity – a philosophical perspective 

      Gericke, J.W. (Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2012)
      In this article a new riddle for Hebrew Bible theologians is introduced. It concerns the philosophical problem of YHWH's personal identity within the world in the text. Given theological pluralism in the deity's profile, ...