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영어

The purpose of this study is to explore the documental origin of the 'Word of God'. Even though the topic of this study has been considered as an issue that has been concluded in the Old Testament Study, it was raised anew due to the new information providing that most of the Old Testament scriptures were established only since the exilic period. Regarding the documental origin of the 'Word of God', this study will discuss that the Old Testament accepted a certain part of the traditions of the Near East and Canaan, in accordance with the traditional trends. This study then explores the documental origin from a fundamentally different tradition, i.e., a prophetic tradition. Jeremiah's prophecies had a mainly negative tone, stating "one shall serve the Babylonians." Therefore, he faced a great amount of political opposition, and there arose the debate of 'True or False Prophecy' in this process(cf. Jer 27-28). Such a debate of 'True or False Prophecy' lasted also in the exilic period. On the other hand, because the prophecy of Jeremiah was proven true by the historical events in the exilic period, the criterion of the true prophecy was established: historical fulfillment of prophecy (Deut 18:9-22, Jer 28:8-9). This criterion required certain time of waiting until the words of the prophet be fulfilled, and also required documental records as evidence for future reference(cf. Jer 29:4-7; 32:1-15). These processes gave birth to the course of the documental establishment of God’s revelations. The course of documental establishment of God's revelations proceeded in quite diverse ways. One of the ways was the resurfaced necessity to record the revelations of God, as the wait for salvation from God historically should always be fulfilled. This religious movement finally resulted in a 'recording culture' which documents the revelations of God(cf. Hab 2:2, Isa 30:8). This recording culture, along with the theology(s) that facilitates the documentation of the Word of God, has actively expanded, and, as a result, formed the Old Testament today. In order to further clarify the process of the documental formation of the Old Testament, it is necessary to study continually the contents of the theology which facilitated the documentation of the Word of God that developed in diverse a fashion in the Pentateuch, historical books, and prophetic books.

한국어

본 연구의 목적은 '하나님 말씀'의 문서적 기원을 탐구하는 데 있다. 먼저 종래의 경향인 근동 전통의 수용과정을 살펴보았고, 나아가 예레미야의 예언 논쟁과 여기에서 파생되는 계시의 문서화의 필요성을 살펴보았고, 그리고 계속되는 역사과정에서의 하나님 계시의 기록 필요성과 '기록문화'의 형성과정도 살펴보았다.