Wischmeyer O (2020)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2020
Book Volume: 6
Pages Range: 553-569
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.17395/98386
Lv 19,18 is part of the cultic-social-ethical commandments of Israel's Torah. The history of the reception of Lv 19,18, in the strict sense of quotation, began with Paul. He was the first to cite the commandment of love explicitly and to discuss its range and place in the Torah. He gave the commandment the comprehensive, unique ethical and legal status it had never previously enjoyed. Martin Luther intensified the existential-emotional aspect of love through his famous translation of 'ahab as Nachstenliebe. Currently, the encyclical Deus caritas est (2005) and statements by the German Protestant bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm aim to safeguard the ethical value and dynamics of Lv 19,18 in conditions that are completely different from the historical, social and religious context of the original instruction.
APA:
Wischmeyer, O. (2020). Leviticus 19,18 The Text and Some Stations in the History of its Reception. Cristianesimo nella Storia, 6(2), 553-569. https://dx.doi.org/10.17395/98386
MLA:
Wischmeyer, Oda. "Leviticus 19,18 The Text and Some Stations in the History of its Reception." Cristianesimo nella Storia 6.2 (2020): 553-569.
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