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Ez a tanulmány az első és a második világégés közötti korszak homiletikai kiadványaiból válogat, bemutatva néhány, az elméleti és a gyakorlati homiletika tárgyköréből származó alkotást. Ezek között van a lelkipásztorok számára készült szakkönyv, illetve a lelkészek által írt prédikációkat tartalmazó kiadvány is. Inkább deskriptív, leíró jelleggel tárgyaljuk az ebben a korszakban megjelenő műveket, keresve bennük a korra leginkább jellemző sajátosságokat, rámutatva arra, hogy a tárgyalt korszak alkotásaiban mi lehetett inspiráló az akkori hallgató, olvasó számára, illetve hogy mi lehet ösztönző a mai olvasó számára?

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.

Ebben a dolgozatban azokat az unitárius homiletikai kiadványokat mutatom be röviden, amelyek 1861 és 1918 között jelentek meg. Elsősorban prédikációkról és az ezeket összesítő gyűjteményekről lesz szó. Ezek nyomtatásban jelentek meg az erdélyi és magyarországi unitáriusok kiadásában. Szándékom pedig az, hogy ezek által bepillantást nyerjünk a kiválasztott korszak történéseibe, de nemcsak az egyháztörténeti jelentőségűekbe, hanem az azokat előidéző szellemi-lelki tevékenységekbe is.

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it sets the historical context in which Aphrahat wrote his Demonstrations and deals with the interesting relationship between his writings, ‘against the Jews’ and the Sassanian persecution of Christians. It also treats his refutation of the Jewish charges. Secondly, it addresses his ‘unique’ view of christology which is not in line with the Nicene decision concerning one aspect yet at the same time it is congruent with it. The paper also tries to point out that his view on christology was ‘unique’ but not exceptional in the Early Church.