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The paper presents some aspects of the theological science which I considered important for the permanent renewal of doing theology in the Hungarian Reformed Church of Transylvania. I hope I made it clear through this paper that doing theology means also the shaping of a new life (both of the one doing theology and their readers), which is conceived and developing in the safety of the living-space of the New Covenant through Jesus, i.e., the Kingdom of God, which came near us. This new life, i.e., the “Kingdom-membership” implies also new understanding: a new understanding not only of the whole life but of the interpretation or definition of the essence of theological science as well.

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.

Ebben a tanulmányban majdnem húsz sírfeliratot1 mutatunk be a Kr. e. 4–3. és a Kr. u. 3–4. század közötti időszakból. Ez valójában csupán egy nagyon szerény mintavétel, ám még ez a szerény mintavétel is elég ahhoz, hogy ne csupán a képzetek és motívumok sokfélesége és gazdagsága lepjen meg bennünket, hanem a különféle képzetek egymás melletti és egyidejű létezése, illetve a képzetek és motívumok századokon átívelő továbbélése is.

A cím kötelez, hogy elméleti szinten taglaljam a kérdést és analitikusan bontsam ki a témát. Ezt várják tőlem mint tanártól, s ennek igyekszem is eleget tenni. Azonban manapság túl sok ilyen helyzetelemző előadás hangzik el, jelenik meg írásban, ami persze nem baj, csak akkor válik azzá, ha hiányzik belőlük az üzenet, ha nem késztetnek továbbgondolkozásra, vagy éppen erkölcsi cselekvésre.

Előadásom első részében három, magunkig vezető úton fogom magammal vinni hallgatóimat; a másodikban arról lesz szó, hogy mikor volt és mikor van alkalmas és mikor alkalmatlan idő.