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Textele sacre conțin pasaje și revelații care ne poziționează în zona limitelor cunoașterii noastre și ne confruntă cu întrebări inconfortabile. Cât de mult putem înțelege despre acțiunile divine? Când recunoaștem că cunoștințele noastre, hermeneutica noastră meticuloasă, logica noastră bine calibrată și chiar dogmele credinței noastre ating punctul lor final? Un exemplu notabil în acest sens îl reprezintă 1 Petru 3:18–22. De-a lungul istoriei, acest pasaj a fost asociat cu mai multe texte din Noul Testament, iar pentru a înțelege mai bine sensul său original, este necesar să deslușim aceste conexiuni și să ajungem la firul inițial care rămâne distinct și recunoscut în cadrul întregii țesături. În această explorare, ne propunem să urmăm acest fir și să cercetăm posibile interpretări și explicații, pornind de la trei între-bări esențiale: Cine sunt aceste duhuri? Despre ce a predicat Isus în cazul lor? Când a avut loc această întâlnire misterioasă?

Az emberben minden időben ott élt a vágy, hogy a világmindenség titkait megfejtse. A válaszok megfogalmazásakor azonban szembesülnie kellet azzal, hogy nyelv által képtelen mindent meghatározni. A mítoszok szekularizálásával ugyanis elvesztettük kapcsolatukat a költői nyelvvel, ami megadhatná a belépés lehetőséget a nyelven túli állapotokba. A megoldás a titok erejének újra felfedezése lehet. Mindez az egzisztenciális metafora által megtörténhet, és az ember újra képessé válhat az Isten titkának a megélésére.

According to Gen 1, the “classical” story of the origin of humanity, God began and finished the creation of man on the sixth day. In this view, creation is a one-time divine act dated to the dawn of history. Psalm 139,13-16 provides an alternative concept regarding human origins. The ideas permeating this Psalm are less widespread in the Bible, and they were far less influential for later theological works than the classical biblical accounts of creation. Nonetheless, these anthropological notions appear to be firmly rooted in folk religion. Making lavish use of motifs familiar from ancient Near Eastern mythological texts, the poem considers that a divine act of creation is performed in the process of birth of every individual. In contrast to the historicising interpretations of Gen 1-2, this text emphasises the personal character of creation. The present study examines the philological problems in Ps 139,13-16, as well as the Near Eastern background of its language.

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.

A kutatók többsége korábban amellett érvelt, hogy az 1Pt 3,18–22-ben a szentíró egy Krisztus-himnusz vagy egy keresztelési himnusz elemeit használta fel az 1Tim 3,16, illetve a Fil 2,6–11 mintájára. Többen is megkísérelték rekonstruálni a himnusz szövegét. A legismertebb hipotetikus szöveg Rudolf Bultmann leleménye, aki voltaképpen a levél és főként a szakasz hitvallásszerű vagy annak érzékelt elemeit ollózta össze. Az exegéták a tekintetben maximálisan egyetértenek, hogy a textus rendkívül homályos és problematikus. Minthogy nem világos a kapcsolat a vers tartalma és a közvetlen kontextus között, nehéz eldönteni, hogy mi lehetett a szerzői szándék.