Autor: Voegelin, Eric

Buch: Israel and Revelation

Titel: Israel and Revelation

Stichwort: Sohn Gottes, Erstgeborener: (kein Individuum, Gruppe; Widerstand gegen diese Rolle; Moses: Name (Buber)

Kurzinhalt: There never would have been a first-born son of Yahweh if the God had had to rely on the people alone; if there was a clash between the orders of Israel and Egypt, it had its origin in an experience of Moses

Textausschnitt: 24/12 When now we take a closer look at the new Son of God, as he emerges from the darkness of Egypt into the light of the new dispensation in history, we find him an odd creature. He is, first of all, not an individual human being but a social group; he has, furthermore, not the least desire to be a son of God; and finally, he expresses his disgust with, and resistance to, the new role so outspokenly that we begin to wonder what conceivable meaning the phrase "Son of God" could have when applied to an obstreperous bundle of humanity that hardly can be called even a people. When, () There never would have been a first-born son of Yahweh if the God had had to rely on the people alone; there never would have been an Israel without the leadership of Moses. If there was a clash between the orders of Israel and Egypt, it had its origin in an experience of Moses. (392; Fs)

25/12 The transformation of the indifferent and recalcitrant Hebrew clans into the Israel of Yahweh must have taken some time, as well as the efforts of a strong personality. It presupposes the existence of the man who could bring the people into the present under God because he had entered into it himself. Moreover, the formula of Israel as the Son of God could hardly have been intelligible and effective, unless the people had been penetrated with Egyptian civilization to a certain degree; and its creation, in particular, points to a man who lived so intensely as an Egyptian that he could conceive it in its full weight as the abrogation of Pharaonic order. (392f; Fs) (notabene)
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... With regard to the date of entrance we have no opinion of our own to offer; with regard to the exodus we prefer the latest date, under Dynasty XIX, for reasons that will be set forth in the present chapter.