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Új teológiai fogalmak megjelenésének vagyunk a tanúi – nemcsak tanúi, de asszisztálunk megjelenésüknél. Az online istentisztelet fogalma tulajdonképpen már évek óta a levegőben lebeg, de nem úgy gondoltuk ezt az új lehetőséget, ahogy a mögöttünk álló hónapokban éltük át. Hogy jó volna élőben közvetíteni istentiszteleti alkalmainkat a rendelkezésünkre álló hálózaton – ez az igény már többéves múltra tekint vissza. Szabad-e a valóságos istentiszteleti közösséget aláásni azzal, hogy virtuális pótlékot kínálunk helyette? Ezt a dilemmát sokan megfogalmazták, ezért óvatosságra hajlottunk minden ilyen kísérlettel kapcsolatban. Most azonban, a pandémia szorításában nem volt idő aggályoskodni, azonnal cselekedni kellett, és egészen más megvilágításba került az online istentisztelet kérdése. Most valóságos istentiszteleti közösség nélkül csatlakoztunk a hálózatra. A virtuális közösség mögött nincs valóságosan megélt istentiszteleti közösség.

Isa 7:14 is one of the most enigmatic texts of the Old Testament in which the traditional Christian exegesis has found the roots of the dogma of the virgin birth. It remains a question though whether this text indeed focuses on the female figure rathern than the son to be born. Following a brief survey of the recent state of research, in this article I address the question of the possible historical background of the text. Recent semantical investigations of the term עַלְמָה, often translated as ‘virgin’, show that neither עַלְמָה nor its synonym בְּתוּלָה imply any information about the eventual sexual experience of the named person. Both terms denote a young, unmarried woman. Regarding the identity of this woman there are four main theories: 1. the woman and his son are late eschatological figures conveying messianic messages; 2. the woman is the daughter of Zion and Immanuel is the people of Jerusalem. 3.

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.

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.