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Rezumând atitudinea terapeuților față de bunăstare, putem constata că această comunitate a ridicat la un nivel atât de înalt valorile spirituale, încât a ignorat absolut tot ce aparține vieții zilnice obișnuite. Ei s-au străduit la înmulțirea bo-găției înțelepciunii (par. 16–17, 20) și a valorilor spirituale. În rândul acestei co-munități meditațiile asupra Sfintelor Scripturi, a cărților sfinte proprii, precum și asupra înțelepciunii dumnezeiești (par. 1, 28–30, 67) sunt absolut primordiale, din care rezultă retragerea din lume și disprețuirea totală a bogăției pământești.

In studies on the composition of prophetic literature, the larger textual layers reinterpreting earlier texts, the so-called Fortschreibungen, received much attention. It is well-known that beside these larger literary elaborations prophetic books also contain shorter explanatory interpolations, often called glosses, which intend to clarify a particular imagery of the prophecy (e.g., Isa 9:14). A systematic reading of these short annotations has been neglected, however, in studying the formation of prophetic books. The present article reconsiders the Isaiah-Memoir from this perspective. It identifies editorial interpolations in three distinct pericopes, Isa 8:2, 8:6-7a and 8:23b. It is argued here that the identification of such explanatory additions is the key to understanding notorious textual complexities. Moreover, it points out that these interpolations tend to expose recognisable patterns and common hermeneutical principles.

János evangéliumának jelképes nyelvezete komoly kihívás az olvasó számára, ezért a bibliamagyarázók már a korai egyház korában, vagyis az evangélium egyházi használatának kezdete óta „lelki evangéliumként” utaltak rá, és élesen megkülönböztették azt a másik három evangéliumtól. Ez a lelkiség a metaforikus nyelvezetben nyilvánul meg, értelmezése pedig nem evidens. A kutatók között mai napig nem csillapodik a heves vita az átvitt értelmű szavak, kifejezések és perikópák meghatározásáról, azoknak szövegbeli funkcionalitásáról és céljáról, teológiai értelmezéséről, a metaforikus képek forrásanyagáról, illetve az „Én vagyok” mondások típusairól.

Psalm-singing in the Community of Therapeutae Based on De vita contemplativa by Philo of Alexandria. The Therapeutae’s ascetic devotion is characterized not only by searching the scriptures, meditation and prayer but also by singing of hymns and psalms. Hymns were composed by the principals of the community, they were those who taught the community members to sing them and they continually enriched the hymnal with new ones. The Essenes’ and Therapeutae’s psalm-singing indicates first of all the common Old Testament origin. However these religious communities had different self-identity from that of the normative Jews and this identity required for a special psalm-poetry to be accomplished. The Therapeutae’s psalms remind us of the church psalm-tradition characterized, just like the Essene hymns, by responsive singing and refrains.

Dolgozatunkban nem az angyalok, hanem az angyali életmód kifejezéssel jelzett kérdéskört vizsgáljuk az ókori egyház időszakában – eredetét, előfordulásait, különböző vonatkozásait. A kifejezés nyilvánvalóan az aszkézis gyakorlatát folytató szerzetesi közösségek tagjaival kapcsolatban jelent meg a legtöbb esetben.