Abstract

In a European context, the understanding of “eternity” and “finitude” are the objects of complex philosophical as well as Jewish-Christian discourse. Not only once it originated in the chasm between Jewish-Christian tenets and Greek-Roman, as well as Celtic-Germanic cosmology and reasoning. In virtue of the encounter of Western and Eastern religious doctrine and philosophical rationale, this discourse was animated to question the relations of said dichotomy once again. Its understanding has become more complex through cultural exchange in general. In succession to this continuous extension of Western ideas, the contrasts among the Abrahamic traditions regarding their images of God forfeit part of their harsh contours. Furthermore, it turns out that not all differences tell of an extensive, barren incompatibility, but rather have proven to be a prolific opportunity to bring to mind buried treasuries of one’s own spiritual traditions.