The House of the LORD ... the house of man
Abstract
The idea of cult centralisation in ancient Israel is investigated as a form of
disenchantment. The Temple in Jerusalem can now be styled The House of the LORD
and the countryside ought to be bereft of holy places and holy objects. However, the
LORD did not stay in his “House”. Was this the start of a global process of
disenchantment reaching its culmination in modernity? The question is posed whether
the world could still be the enchanted house of man now that the LORD is absent. The
article suggests that science associated with the Torah of nature can still discover an
enchanted world.