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“And thou dost turn back, and hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah”(Deu 30:8) - A study on the conversion of Israel in the Old Testament

So Hyeong-Geun 1

1남서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to study the ‘conversion’ in the Old Testament by analyzing the biblical texts which refer to the hebrew shubh. Especially the hebrew word shubh often appears in Deuteronomy, Historical Books and Prophetic Writings of the Old Testament in the context of demanding the conversion of Israel(‘come back to God’). Deuteronomy(4:29-31; 30:1-10), which receives the prophetic shubh understanding of the pre-exilic prophets, uses it as the future proclamation for the exilic Jews. In the Deueronomistic History the hebrew shubh is used chiefly in order to declare the non-conversion of Israel, and according to Dtr. H., only king Josiah is converted to God(2 Kings 23:25). The hebrew shubh in the Chronicler's History is not to intend the conversion of Israel, but to reveal the sin of Israel. In the pre-exilic Prophets the hebrew shubh appears as the demand of the repentance, and in the exilic and post-exilic Prophets the hebrew shubh is used mainly as the result of the coercive salvation of God. The goal of this paper is to show Korean churches and ministers that the conversion in the Old Testament does not depend on human effort, but only the sympathy and grace of God.

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