Volume 4, Issue 2, 2012
Articles published in the latest issue of Studia Biblica Slovaca
The Peaceful Messiah of Ps 110
Gianni BARBIERO
volume 4, issue 2, 2012, pages 47-71
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsHKEG9431
Abstract
Ps 110:5-6 (“He smashes the kings to pieces in the day of his wrath, … he fills with bodies, breaks heads”) seems to present a very violent image of the Messiah. This is a false impression: the author’s intention is rather that of presenting a non-violent Messiah. In order to demonstrate this, first of all the author of this paper gives a translation that is faithful to the MT, above all in the controversial points in vv. 3 and 5-7. Secondly, he marks out the structure of the psalm in four strophes which correspond in parallel (A = 1b; B = 2-3; A’ = 4; B’ = 5-7). He also shows that it cannot be the Messiah who is acting in vv. 5-6 but God who is fulfilling what he had promised in v. 1: the Messiah is completely passive even if he participates in the eschatological battle. The peaceful nature of the Messiah and his priestly character (cf. v. 4) bring the psalm close to the historical work of the Chronicler. Gianni Barbiero SDB Pontificio Istituto Biblico Via della Pillota 25, 00187 ROMA, Italia
Stations of the History of Israel as throughout shaping of the Psalter
Frank-Lothar HOSSFELD
volume 4, issue 2, 2012, pages 72-81
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsHMDM1712
Abstract
R. G. Kratz (1996) reads the final psalms of each Book in the Psalter as showing prominent stations of the history of Israel (the time of David and Salomo, the epoch of the pre-exilic kingship, the downfall of the Davidic kingship, the exile under the nations, the epoch of restoration). The given nine theses follow this theory of R. G. Kratz and widen this theory, reading through the whole Psalter, looking at historical hints in other psalms in the five Books of the Psalter as Ps 44; 60; 66; 51,20f.; 69,35-37; 74; 79; 89; 102,13-23; 106; 107; 126; 136 and 137. Exegesis of the Psalms has to take into account the position of every psalm inside each Book of the Psalter. Frank-Lothar Hossfeld Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät Regina-Pacis-Weg 1a, 53113 BONN, Deutschland
New Song in the Book of Isaiah, in the Book of Psalms and in the Book of Revelation
Petr CHALUPA
volume 4, issue 2, 2012, pages 82-95
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsHMED1590
Abstract
„Singing new song“ is metioned in the Psalter six times (33:3, 40:3, 96:1, 98:1, 144:9, 149:1). We find the phrase also in the book of Isaiah (Is 42:10). The book of Revelation mentions explicitly „singing new song“ in the New Testament (Rev 5:9 and 14:3). The search for significance of the phrase „singing new song“ in the macrostructure of a biblical book leads to following result: Final editor of the biblical book uses the motive as a structural element, if he wants to connect in the biblical book the following contents: God’s victory over enemies; God’s government in the world based on justice; the new deeds of God, which brings redemption and salvation of his people; universal dimensions and consequences of the God’s salvation; the general government of God, who saves his poor people; eschatological newness. Petr Chalupa Katedra biblických věd Cyrilometodějská teologická fakulta UP Křížkovského 8 771 47 OLOMOUC, Česká republika
The Psalms in Paul’s message in the Context of the Second Temple Judaism Complexities
František ÁBEL
volume 4, issue 2, 2012, pages 96-141
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsHMHR6089
Abstract
The religious poetry – such as prayers, odes, and Psalmic literature – is one of the specifics of the life of the Second Temple Judaism. This type of literature expresses the inner life of Jewish believers, while at the same time it is an introspective reflection of all the events with which Jewish nation of that time was confronted and had to settle with in relation to the basic aspects of its faith in the One God and God’s purpose in history. This is also carried in the message of the Apostle Paul, who utilizes Psalms in order to support particular emphases of the Gospel, especially when it comes to hamartological and soteriological questions, including the existential significance of the Gospel for a human life. The goal of this study is to analyze and interpret the main emphases, as well as the importance of the use of the Psalmic literature in the context of Paul’s writings in connection to the life of Second Temple Judaism. František Ábel Katedra Novej zmluvy Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave Evanjelická bohoslovecká fakulta Bartókova 8 811 02 BRATISLAVA, Slovensko
Biblica 92 (2011)
Jaroslav MUDROŇ
volume 4, issue 2, 2012, pages 142-146
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsHMIR3725
The Psalms Conference in Badín, or How Slovak Exegetes Contribute to Biblical Research
Martina KORYTIAKOVÁ
volume 4, issue 2, 2012, pages 147-150
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsHNTU9230