When we stop to think about what the body means for us, we observe that it bears in itself a certain contradiction. On the one hand, the body is the boundary that cuts us off from other bodies. Where this body is, there can be no other. When I am in this place,...
What is a name really? And what is the point of speaking of a name of God? First, we can say that there is a fundamental difference between purpose of a concept and that of a name. The concept tries to perceive the nature of the thing as it is in itself. The name,...
O Lord, my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot in your hands (Ps 16:5) The background of this Psalm verse is the ancient image of the cup containing the lots for each man, and God holding these lots. Yet in this image two different conceptions about the meaning and challenge of...
