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The Textual and Redactional History of Genesis 46:8–27 -- Genesis 46:8–27 lists the names of those who went down along with Jacob to Egypt during the famine in Canaan. However, this passage has some features that inspire to further study. These include seemingly pointless repetitions, tensions within the text and contradictions with other verses in the book of Genesis, which lead us to conclude that the text of the pericope in question has undergone significant changes over time. In this study, we will attempt to deduce possible textual layers and reconstruct the sources used, starting from the canonical text and working backwards in time.

The present study deals with the characteristic features of the ministry of teachers in the early church, contrasting them with the rabbis in the synagogues. As charismatic characters in the early church, teachers have played a role compa-rable to that of the apostles and prophets. In a different order of ideas, we would like to investigate whether the competence of charismatic teachers should be considered universal, or whether they played a rather local administrative role in the way bishops, deacons and presbyters did. At the same time, we shall analyse the content of their teaching aiming to define the place of teachers within the early church. We shall conclude with remarks concerning the development of the teachers’ status in the post-Pauline period.

Kálvin a német köztudatban rideg és kemény természetű emberként él. De vajon hiteles-e a róla alkotott kép? Mindenesetre nem ismerjük eléggé őt, vagy pedig félreismertük, hogyha nem hallottunk zeneszeretetéről. Zene iránti rajongása igenis eleven volt. Ismerte és nagyra becsülte kora muzsikáját, a reneszánsz dallamokat, olyannyira, hogy zenehallgatás közben nemegyszer könnyekre is fakadt. Épületesnek tartotta azt a gondolatot, hogy zenélni nemcsak az ember képes, hanem tulajdonképpen az egész teremtett mindenség muzsikál. Vajon halljuk-e a teremtés muzsikáját?