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This is a study of Isaiah 18-20, three chapters in the so-called Isaianic prophecies concerning the nations, Isaiah 13-23 (24-27). Beyond being located close to each other in this literary corpus, there is at least one common element that ties these three chapters together: Isaiah 18-20 deal with two neighbouring countries of the Nile, Kush and Egypt respectively. The two lands were politically closely related in the era of the prophet Isaiah, so that addressing them in proximity to each other should not be surprising in a book set in the period of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (Isaiah 1:1). Through a detailed analysis of the three chapters I hope to contribute to a better understanding of the collection of prophecies on the nations in the book of Isaiah and, more remotely, of the wider phenomenon of prophecies concerning the nations, so prevalent in the Hebrew Bible.

Mózes apósának a neve és személye nem egységes az ÓSZ-ben: hol Jetrónak (Ex 3,1; 4,18; 18,1 stb.), hol Reúélnek (Ex 2,19), hol Hobábnak (Bír 4,11) nevezik őt a hagyományok. Mindazonáltal abban egyetértés van az elbeszélések között, hogy egy midianita papról van szó, akivel Mózes házasság útján lép kapcsolatba. A kutatásban az is felmerül az Ex 18,10–12 alapján, hogy Jetró nem akármilyen pogány isten szolgálója, hanem Jhwh papja. Ez utóbbi feltételezést némelykor a régi midiánita-kénita hipotézis egyik érveként sorakoztatta fel a kutatás, mely szerint a jáhwizmus gyökereit a midianiták között kellene keresnünk, Izráelen kívül; azaz az izráeliták Jhwh tiszteletét a midiánitáktól vették volna át Mózes közvetítésével. Bár a kutatás már régóta szkeptikus az említett hipotézissel kapcsolatosan mindmáig vannak újabb képviselői, akik módosítva kitartanak az alaptézis mellett.

In this article we shortly introduce T. S. Eliot, noting some major themes he addresses, particularly in relation to religious faith and the search for meaning in life. In the second and third sections our article concentrates on the 1934 church pageant, called ‘The Rock’. This drama was only published once and is hard to find. However, the poetry Eliot included in the drama, called ‘Choruses from The Rock’, have been reprinted and included in various volumes so that these are readily available. But among those people who have read some or all of the ten Choruses from The Rock, very few have ever found a copy of the play in which these poems were situated.1 We present quotations from the ten choruses, with a few annotations at times concerning the context. In the fourth section we look at various aspects of Eliot’s Christology as found in The Rock.