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This article argues that Isaiah's so-called ‘refrain poem’ (Kehrvergedicht) in Isa. 9.7–20 is a composite text, going back to two early prophecies with different concerns. Isaiah 9.7–17* focused originally on the arrogant refusal of the divine word, while Isa. 9.18–20* reflected on the chaotic social circumstances in Samaria in the eighth century. The refrains in vv. 9,11cd, 16ef and 20cd were added to these two already connected prophecies at a later stage. The theological summary in v. 12 is yet another addition, closely affiliated with 5.24–25. Unlike v. 12, the refrains do not have the repentance of Israel in view, nor its final destruction, but the fall of Assyria in Isa. 10.5–15, 24–27. The refrains support the theory that the Isaianic collection was formed by means of reusing, restructuring and reinterpreting earlier material. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089216690385

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.

Miloš Alexander Bazovský, a szlovák festőművészet egyik kiemelkedő alakja 1950-ben készítette az Ahasvér címet viselő festményét (33,7 × 24 cm). Ez a kép hátulról ábrázol egy emberi alakot, amint vándorbottal a kezében, félvállra vetett kabátjával, fáradtan ugyan, mégis egyenletesen lassú tempóban halad befelé a képen megjelenített tér mélységébe, amelynek végtelenségét a sötét égen világító hold hangsúlyozza.

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.