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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 › Magyar Balázs Dávid › 2017 › 110 › 5 › Pages: 500--519Kétségtelen, hogy a Kálvin a népi tudatban című felmérés alapján egy olyan reformátor képe bontakozott ki, aki Genfben az Ige, az imádság, valamint az egyházfegyelem segítségével és nagy érzékenységgel fordult a protestáns gyülekezet gondjaihoz. A 19. században azonban korántsem volt megfigyelhető a reformátor személyének effajta egységesen pozitív megítélése. Ugyanis a 19.