Abstract
A reflection on Bultmann's use of analogical language in thelight of the sociology of knowledge. Bultmann's approach to analogical language, or as he put it, mythological language, was to demythologise it. Reaction to his demythologising program was largely negative, as it seemed radical to many. This study shows that Bultmann's approach to analogical language does not differ much from the way the concept "analogical language" is used within the sociology of knowledge. It seems that disciplines which had previously been practised in isolation from each other, developed their own terminology. The result is that essentially the same issueswere referred to by different names, and that the same terms could be used todenote different issues. In this article the question whether analogical/mythological/symbolical/metaphorical language is treated in much the same way by thetwo different approaches is answered positively.
Highlights
Bultmann 's approach to analogical language, or as he put it, mythological language, was to demythologise it Reaction to his demythologising program was largely negative, as it seemed radical to many
In die tydperk voor Kant het die algemene idee bestaan dat die metafisiese werklikheid. net soos die immanente werklikheid. onderskeibaar en kenbaar is
Waar daar wel na analogiese taal of analogie verwys word. geskied dit gewoonlik ook nie altyd met dieselfde betekenisinhoud nie
Summary
Een van die sentrale probleme vir die verstaan van die Nuwe-Testamentiese verkondiging is dat dit in mitologiese taal en te midde van 'n mitologiese wereldbeeld geformuleer is. Hierdie formulering is vir die twintigste-eeuse mens, met 'n modeme en wetenskaplike wereldbeeld, moeilik verstaanbaar. Huidige benaderings in die eksegese worstel steeds met hierdie problematiek. Anlllogiese tfllll by Bullntflnn in die lig vfln die kenn;ssos;olog;e poging om die Nuwe-Testamentiese verkondiging vir die moderne mens eksistensieel verstaanbaar te maak. Die resultate van sy navorsing is egter deur vele as kettery afgemaak en word tot vandag toe nog deur baie teoloC! Die winspunt sou wees dat sodanige benadering baat sou kon vind by die nalatenskap van Bultmann. Hierdie opstel poog om ooreenkomste aan te toon tussen Bultmann en die kennissosiologie se benadering tot analogiese taal, ten einde Bultmann se resultate op hierdie terrein vir die kennissosiologie te ontsluit
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