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Valentinus and His Teaching in the Light of Modern Research and Ancient Christian Heresiology -- The first part of this paper contains a summary of the life and teachings of Valentinus written by Bernadett Szűcs, in which the author sketches the most important aspects of this complex topic based on the early Christian primary sources harmonized with the state of the modern research. As an appendix to this introduction, the second part of this paper, written by György Papp contains the first Hungarian translation (accompanied by the original Greek text from the recently published critical edition) of one of the primary sources with a short introduction, to the text: the chapter about Valentinus in the Haereticarum fabularum compendium of Theodoret of Cyrus.

This paper presents the doctrine on baptism in the Haereticarum fabularum compendium of Theodoret of Cyrus. From this presentation we learn that Theodoret presents in this work a multi-contextual image of the “all-holy” baptism. The divine origin of the sacrament determined Theodoret to offer it a special place within his theological system. This special place is expressed through the setting of the chapter concerning baptism as well: it is put between the soteriological Christology and the chapters concerning Theodoret’s eschatology, the latter being an introduction to the ethical chapters.

Isa 8:16 is considered a key reference regarding the formation of the book of Isaiah and the role of prophetic disciples in this process. This article argues, however, that originally this verse had a more limited significance. The instruction to which v. 16 refers is to be identified with vv. 12-15 rather than an early ‘book’ of Isaiah. The expression ‘the instructed ones’ (of YHWH rather than the prophet) is applied to the prophet’s audience. This term reflects Isaiah’s characteristic view of prophesying as an act of instruction and prophecy as a form of teaching, and it does not presuppose the existence of any prophetic school. The view that sealing the instruction would allude to preserving prophetic teaching for the posterity is discounted here in favour of understanding the symbolic act as a metaphor from the legal sphere refering to authentication, with no inherent temporal significance.

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.

Jézus korának közigazgatási és bíráskodási gyakorlatát nem könnyű megérteni. Nemcsak azért, mert a forrásaink hiányosak, de bizonyos vonatkozásokban ellent is mondanak egymásnak. Ugyanakkor ezek az ellentmondások nem meglepőek. Jézus korában a közigazgatás vagy igazságszolgáltatás működése ugyanúgy talány volt az átlagpolgár számára, mint ahogyan ma is. Mert ezeknek manapság is csak bizonyos vonatkozásait ismerjük, rendszerint annyit, amennyi a mindennapi élet intézéséhez szükségeltetik. Ezért aztán tapasztalataink is különbözhetnek, és két különböző személy teljesen másként írhatja le ugyanazon intézmény működését, mint ahogy ugyanannak a személynek is lehetnek teljesen más tapasztalatai ugyanazon intézmény működéséről néhány éves vagy évtizedes érintkezés után.

Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftdsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte. Band 26. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2020, ISBN-10: 3110671360; ISBN-10: 3110671360, 237 old.

A székelykeresztúri unitárius gimnáziumi olvasóegylet szépirodalmi hetilapjáról szóló dolgozatommal szeretném feleleveníteni, a feledés homályából kissé napfényre hozni a székelykeresztúri gimnázium múltjának és az unitárius sajtótörténetnek ezen szerves részét.