Repozitórium index

A prozelita kifejezés az intertestamentális korban nyeri a zsidó hitre áttért pogány származású ember jelentést. Ebben a korszakban fogalmazzák meg az betérést megelőző feltételeket, és szögezik le a belépéshez nélkülözhetetlen rituális cselekedetek sorrendjét és értelmét. A zsidó társadalomban a prozeliták is jog által meghatározott státust nyernek, amit a rabbinikus irodalom kellőképpen tárgyal. Egyes konzervatív vagy fundamentalista beállítottságú csoportok ellenezték mind a térítést, mind a prozeliták befogadását. A diaszpórában viszont sokkal inkább misszió szándékú a nyitottság. Ez a kétféle magatartás erőteljesen jelentkezik a rabbik prozelitákkal kapcsolatos vitáiban is, jóllehet a farizeusi gondolkodású rabbik nem a prozelitizmus legitimitását tették kétségessé, hanem az áttérés feltételeinek részleges, elhanyagolhatónak vélt pontjait. A viták kiterjedtek a prozelita nők és gyermekek, a körülmetélés és bemerítés kérdéseire is.

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.

Negative Aspects in the Picture about יהוה. Approaches of Three Writers of Old Testament Theology. Different modes of interpretation drive to different conclusions. This study examines these differences in the works by W. Eichrodt, G. von Rad- and W. Brueggemann of Old Testament theology. The two former authors use the historical interpretation, while the third one is the representative of the rhetorical and narrative theology. The theme of Yahweh’s negative aspects is always a stumbling-block not only for laymen, but also for the scholars of theology. Differences deriving from interpretation are illustrated through three biblical examples: the heavenly scenes in 1Kings 22 and Isaiah 6, Saul’s story, and that of the Book of Job.