Sitz im Lebenn.
/zɪts ɪm ˈleɪbən/, U.S. /ˌsɪts ɪm ˈleɪbən/ Theology.
In Biblical criticism: the circumstances or social context in which a text, teaching, tradition, etc., was created or preserved; the doctrine of studying this as a critical method.The term was originally used in German by H. Gunkel (1862–1932) and is associated with form criticism (form-criticism n. at form n. Compounds 3).
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Sitz im Leben1932
1932 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 51 114 Many sections are left without introductory explanations to indicate their Sitz im Leben, to misuse a phrase from form criticism.
1956 Sc. Jrnl. Theol. 9 403 Events in Jesus' life are seen by Mark from the Sitz im Leben which they have in the early Church.
1976 Expository Times 87 v. 139/2 We may therefore accept without hesitation the doctrine of Sitz im Leben, provided that we clearly understand what it is and what are its limitations.
2014 W. D. Tucker Constructing & deconstructing Power in Psalms 107–150 iv. 95 The prehistory of the individual psalms, as well as the Sitz im Leben of the collection as a whole, remains contested.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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