Numbers 5:11–31 as the Old Testament Background for Revelation 8:11

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dc.contributor.authorSiemieniec, Tomasz
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-12T10:31:29Z
dc.date.available2024-04-12T10:31:29Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe article examines possible links between the ritual of bitter water, described in Numbers 5:11–31, and one of the aspects of the plague, described as the event following the third trumpet in the Book of Revelation (Rev 8:11). Such a connection has not been analysed by scholars so far. The ritual described in Numbers 5 not only has a legal meaning but it is also the starting point for a theological tradition of understanding adultery as a metaphor for Israel’s unfaithfulness to YHWH. The prophetic texts of the OT use motifs taken from Num 5 to depict the lawsuit that YHWH brings against the unfaithful people. According to the author of this article, the use of the motif of drinking bitter water in Rev 8:11 falls into a similar pattern. This is a ritual performed to reveal the guilt of the sinners described in Rev as hoi anthrōpoi.
dc.identifier.citation"The Biblical Annals", 2024, T. 14, nr 1, s. 93-113
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/biban.14947
dc.identifier.issn2083-2222
dc.identifier.issn2451-2168
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/6420
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectRevelation of John
dc.subjectBook of Numbers
dc.subjectSotah ritual
dc.subjectbitter water
dc.subjectidolatry
dc.subjectadultery
dc.titleNumbers 5:11–31 as the Old Testament Background for Revelation 8:11
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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