3110742187

9783110742183

"Research into the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near East, Philosophy and History have long considered whether thought in the cultural area of the ancient Middle East differs from that in the western Mediterranean. The inclusion of neurobiology, psychology, brain research and evolutionary research will widen this horizon and allow new approaches. This volume provides in depth insides into this Archaeology of Mind in 22 contributions." --Provided by publisher

"For a long time, Old Testament exegesis, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, philosophy and history have been concerned with the question whether in the cultural area of the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Syria/Cannaan and Israel/Palestine a specific kind of thought, distinguishable from the Western Mediterranean area, is provable. In addition to reflections on fundamental question of "thinking in cultures," other important "thinking areas" of the Old Testament are discussed in this volume: Was there a Hebrew though? What were the relationships between culture and cognition? To what extent can the aspective be considered a possible culture-specific imprint on thinking? How can culture as a system of orientation influence action; how do the categories of colllectivity and individuality relate to each other? What are the analytical possibilities of mentalities and "cultural patterns?" What role does implicit knowledge play?"-- Provided by publisher, page 4 of cover.

Einf|hrung / Andreas Wagner, J|rgen van Oorschot and Lars Allolio-Ñcke

Das Denken von Kulturen / Hans-Joachim Gehrke

I. Evolution of the brain (and thought) in historical times

Gibt es ein Hebr̃isches Denken? / Hans-Joachim Gehrke

„Sich seiner selbst bewusstes Denken". Pl̃doyer f|r einen Perspektivwechsel / Andrea Beyer

Never Mind: Some Observations on Thinking and its Linguistic Expressions in the Hebrew Bible / Christian Frevel

Thinking Beyond the Hebrew Bible: A Response to Christian Frevel / Alma Brodersen

The Importance of Culture in Cognition: Connecting Perspectives of Psychology and Cultural Anthropology / Annelie Rothe-Wulf

Response to Annelie Rothe-Wulf: The Importance of Culture in Cognition: A Response Informed by Philology and Intercultural Hermeneutics / Dorothea Erbele-K|ster

II. Aspective - Perspective. Different ways of reasonal and perception?

Der Aspektive-Begriff und seine Anwendung auf altorientalisch-alttestamentliche Sachverhalte / Andreas Wagner

Die Aspektive im Kontext der Achsenzeit psychologisch bewertet / Lars Allolio-Ñcke

Response auf Lars Allolio-Ñcke: „Achsenzeit" und „Aspektive" als heuristische Konzepte / Michaela Bauks

Warum dass klassische Hebr̃isch keinen Komparativ kennt - und was diese Frage mit „Hebr̃ischem Denken" zu tun hat / Johannes Friedrich Diehl

Response auf Johannes F. Diehl: Pr̃positionen als Indikatoren aspektiven Denkens? / Ute Neumann-Gorsolke

III. Collectivity - Individuality. Different ways of reasoning and perception?

Individualit̃t im Alten Ägypten / Hans-Hubertus M|nch

Individualit̃t im Alten Ägypten. Teil 2: Die Suche nach dem Individuum im Ägypten der Sp̃tzeit / Volker Grunert

Individuality versus Collectivity in the Old Testament - Schwache und starke Individualit̃t in alttestamentlichen Schriften / J|rgen van Oorschot

Response auf J|rgen van Oorschot: Zur Einbettung des Individuums in die Welt durch die Reflexion von Resonanzachsen / Irmtraud Fischer

Individuality vs. Collectivity from a Sociological Perspective / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher

Individuality and Sociality in Ancient Israel / Jan Dietrich

Response to Jan Dietrich: What Is the Origin of Original Thought? / Uta Schmidt

IV. Categories of thinking and ways of reasoning: tacit knowledge, mentality and cultural patterns

Wisdom: The Rediscovery of a Forgotten Knowledge / Christoph Wulf

Tacit Knowledge in the Old Testament / Thomas Kr|ger

Response to Thomas Kr|ger: What Is the Origin of Original Thought? / Anna Elise Zernecke

Cultural Patterns in the Old Testament / Joachim Schaper

Response zu Joachim Schaper: Alttestamentliche Mentalit̃tengeschichte / Achim Behrens

Zur Aktivierung alttestamentlicher Paradigmen in der mittelalterlichen Mentalit̃t. Die Sodom-Erz̃hlung und das Hohe Lied / Peter Dinzelbacher

Response zu Peter Dinzelbacher: Zur Methode der Mentalit̃tsgeschichte / Thomas Wagner.

Bible. Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Middle East > Intellectual life > History.

Middle East > Civilization > History.