The second commandment and the question of human dignity in Africa : a creation-theological perspective
Date
2011
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Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology
Abstract
In a context focusing on the Decalogue in relation to the question of human dignity in Africa, two sets of texts interacting with the Second commandment from a creationtheological perspective are analyzed. One is the core of Deuteronomy 4, the other is four passages in Isaiah 40-55, and it is argued that both see the act of making ‘a graven image' as a perversion of the concept of the human being as created in the image of God. This interpretation of the Second commandment, relating it to a broader creation-theological
discourse, may provide an interpretative model for contemporary readers of the
Decalogue, in casu in relation to the question of human dignity in Africa
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CITATION: Holter, K. 2011. The second commandment and the question of human dignity in Africa : a creation-theological perspective. Scriptura, 106:51-60, doi:10.7833/106-0-146.
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Ten commandments, Dignity
Citation
Holter, K. 2011. The second commandment and the question of human dignity in Africa : a creation-theological perspective. Scriptura, 106:51-60, doi:10.7833/106-0-146