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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.

E tanulmány célja nem az, hogy eldöntse az olvasó helyett a kérdést: milyen típusú isten volt kezdetben JHWH? Hanem hogy a bemutatott argumentumok alapján hozzásegítse az olvasót saját véleménye kialakításához, illetve a bibliográfia segítségével megkönnyítse a további kutatást. Az első fontos felismerés az, hogy az ókori Közel-Keleten és az Ószövetségben is nagyon tág az „isten” fogalma. Minden, amely meghaladja az im-manens szférát, már a mennyeihez tartozik, és istennek tekinthető. A mi istenfogalmunk más logikára épül, és ez megnehezíti vizsgálódásunkat.

Canaanite Abominations as Presented in the Book of Deuteronomy. A Theological Evaluation. Before entering in the Promised Land the people of Israel were told not to follow the forbidden practices of the polytheistic nations (Deut 18, 9–14), to avoid all kinds of magical and superstitious practices designed to discover the will of gods, or even to compel the gods to action in certain ways. The occult, superstitions, divinisation, sorcery, spiritualism were abominations all to Yahweh and brought about His judgment. Yahweh made His will known through revelation, by the aid of His prophets, whose words would be clearly understandable to the people in contrast with the ambiguous and mysterious spells of those who worked with magic and divinisation. Israel must be blameless in regard to every form of divinisation, magic or spiritism.