The Biblical Annals, 2021, Tom 11 (68), Nr 3
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- ItemAnnotazioni sul testo del Salmo 17(Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Bazyliński, StanisławOn the basis of the Hebrew manuscripts and other ancient textual witnesses, this article singles out and discusses many text-critical and translational issues regarding Psalm 17, dwelling particularly upon vv.11 and 14. For v.11, the author accepts the conjectural reading אִשְּׁרוּנִי עתַָּה סְבָבוּנִ י, “they have advanced/moved against me, now, they have encircled me”. For v.14, the author gives preference to the qere וּצְפוּנְךָ with the collective meaning: “and your protected ones”.
- ItemBaptism – the Revelation of the Filial Relationship of Christ and the Christian(Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Kowalski, MarcinThe author analyses Jesus’ baptism in Jordan, looking for its parallel in the Christian baptism. He begins by acknowledging the historicity of Jesus’ baptism and reflects on the meaning of the baptism of John by juxtaposing it with similar rites described in the Old Testament texts, in Second Temple Jewish literature, and in rabbinical sources. Then he analyses the meaning of Jesus’ baptism, criticizing the historical-critical interpretations that separate the scene of baptism from the theophany that follows it. According to the author, such an operation is unfounded due to the nature of ancient texts and the literary and thematic continuity between baptism and theophany in the synoptic Gospels. Further, the author presents arguments demonstrating that Jesus comes to Jordan already aware of his identity and mission, which the Father’s voice announces to others and objectivizes. In the last step, it is argued that Jesus’ baptism in Jordan together with the Lord’s death and resurrection could have been a point of reference for the early Christian understanding of baptism connected with the gift of the Spirit, with the filial dignity and the “Abba” prayer and with the inheritance of heaven. All these elements can be found in Rom 8:14-17,23 which describes the new life of those baptized in Christ.
- ItemChristian Worship at the Tomb of the Prophet Samuel on Mount Joy(Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Briks, Piotr MieszkoOne of the exceptionally interesting examples of a living biblical tradition, maintained by Christian, Muslim and Jewish pilgrims for over sixteen hundred years, is the history of St. Samuel monastery on the Mount of Joy. The shrine was founded in the Byzantine period, but its heyday falls on the period of the Crusades. It was from here, after the murderous journey, that the troops of the First Crusade saw Jerusalem for the first time. The knights were followed by more and more pilgrims. On the hill, called Mons Gaudii, the Premonstratensians built their monastery, which in time became a real pilgrimage center. Based on the preserved traces, the author reconstructs the Christian chapters of the history of Nabi Samuel. He recalls people, events and traditions related to it, and also the accounts of pilgrims coming here. Christians left the Mons Gaudii probably at the end of the 12th century. Worship of the prophet Samuel were taken over by Muslims and Jews. For the latter, the Tomb of Prophet Samuel became one of the most important places of pilgrimage, in some periods even more important than Jerusalem itself. There were numerous disputes and conflicts about holding control over this place, there were even bloody battles. In 1967 this place was taken by the Israeli army. Over time, a national park was created in the area around the mosque, in the mosque itself was established a place of prayer for Jews, and a synagogue in the tomb crypt. A slightly forgotten sanctuary began to warm up emotions anew.
- ItemInterpretation of Scriptural Texts in 11QMelchizedek and Its Theological Implications(Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Cekiera, Andrzej PawełManuskrypt 11Q13 należy do peszerowej twórczości wspólnoty z Qumran i służy następującym celom: Po pierwsze, ukazuje szeroką perspektywę teologiczną niektórych ważnych koncepcji, rozpowszechnionych wśród członków yaḥad - grupy powstałej pod kierunkiem Nauczyciela Sprawiedliwości. Te koncepcje to: czasy eschatologiczne, dualizm i determinizm. Po drugie, odsłania specyficzną metodę interpretacji autorytatywnych pism świętych, która doprowadziła do powstania wyżej wymienionych koncepcji. Melchizedek jawi się jako ten, który wymierza sprawiedliwość na rzecz qumrańskiej wspólnoty - „synów światłości”, która była pośród przewrotnego pokolenia „synów ciemności”. Tożsamość Melchizedeka pozostaje jednak enigmatyczna. Opierając się na częściowo zrekonstruowanej II kolumnie rękopisu 11Q13, artykuł jest próbą rozwiązania trudności, która dotyczy pochodzenia i statusu tej głównej postaci.
- ItemIveta Strenková, «Devastata è Ninive!» Studio esegetico di Na 3,1-7 alla luce del suo contesto storico-letterario (Studia Biblica Slovaca. Supplementum 4; Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského 2020). Pp. 384. € 25. ISBN 978-80-223-5050-1(Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Szmajdziński, MariuszBook Review: Iveta Strenková, «Devastata è Ninive!» Studio esegetico di Na 3,1-7 alla luce del suo contesto storico-letterario (Studia Biblica Slovaca. Supplementum 4; Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského 2020)
- ItemQuesti scese giustificato a differenza di quello L’analisi narrativa illumina la parabola del fariseo e del pubblicano (Luca 18,9-14)(Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Blajer, PiotrThe parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14) contains an enigmatic expression παρ’ ἐκεῖνον (v.14) which conveys the final judgment on the characters. It is not entirely clear whether it should be interpreted in a comparative or exclusive sense. The present study aims to examine the way the narrator presents the two characters of the parable, the Pharisee and the tax collector, as well as the content of their prayers. Narrative criticism suggests that although both interpretations (comparative and exclusive) are possible it might be better to construe παρ’ ἐκεῖνον with a distinctive value. In fact, the new condition of the tax collector is different from his previous one and clearly distinguishes him from the condition of the Pharisee. In other words, the application of the narrative method suggests to translate the enigmatic complement παρ’ ἐκεῖνον in such a way that it makes visible the difference existing between the two characters.
- ItemR. Alan Culpepper – Jörg Frey (eds.), The Opening of John’s Narrative (John 1:19–2:22). Historical, Literary, and Theological Readings from the Colloquium Ioanneum 2015 in Ephesus (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 385; Tübingen: Mohr S(Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Darowski, Łukasz TomaszBook Review: R. Alan Culpepper – Jörg Frey (eds.), The Opening of John’s Narrative (John 1:19 – 2:22), (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 385, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017)
- ItemThe Gospel as Literary Genre and Form of Language(Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Basta, PasqualeThe studies on the literary genre “gospel” are often compared with the so-called Greco-Roman bíoi and popular literature. The points of contact are numerous and undeniable. As well as the differences and peculiarities of the gospels, whose link with the Hebrew Bible is an unicum to be taken into account. In particular, the typology, with its network of references, makes the canonical gospels a text proceeding through continuous phenomena of association and repetition with the ancient Scriptures. As a result, the narrative takes on particular tones insofar as it indulges little in the chronicle, concentrating rather on the richness of meaning hidden in entire story of Christ. Consequently, the gospels are evidence of a mixed genre, having some characteristics of the Greco-Roman bíoi and contemporary popular Lives, together with constant re-elaboration of OT elements re-read and applied in a typological key. And it could not be otherwise because the events and the protagonist of the gospels perfectly intersect the horizontal and vertical dimensions of a story merging with the eternal.