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Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 results.Rain, dew, flourishing plants as images of monolatry and righteousness. The weather imagery and its meaning in Hosea
Publication › Kató Szabolcs Ferencz › 2021 › 77 › 1 › Pages: 1--7Weather imagery plays a major role in Hosea. Hosea 2 recalls the image of an unfaithful wife; Hosea 4:2–3 describes the withering of the land; in 6:3; 10:12; 14:6, the several types of precipitation draw attention to the utterance of YHWH or the requested righteousness; in 9:10.13.16; 10:1; 13:5; 14:6.8, Israel is symbolised by different plants that blossom and wither, depending on their relation to Yhwh. In all of these instances, weather phenomena contribute to these images. In this article, I try to catalogue and evaluate the metaphors and concepts to look at how meteorological images convey theological and historical messages, and vice versa how historical events or sociological procedures demonstrate their consequences in nature, especially in the weather. It seems that weather imagery is used to describe the consequences of idolatry, injustice and false politics.
Publication › Gyenge János › 1924 › Pages: 44Egyházunk lelki és szervezetbeli újjászületésének érdekében jogos mindenkor, sőt kötelesség a régi elavult rendet felforgatni és ujjal cserélni fel. S ha megtették ezt már kivétel nélkül a világ összes kálvinista egyházai, miért vonnánk ki annak megtétele alól magunkat éppen mi, romániai magyar reformátusok, holott ez nálunk fajunk és egyházunk legfontosabb életkérdése.