Volume 6, Issue 1, 2014
Articles published in the latest issue of Studia Biblica Slovaca
TRSTENSKÝ, František: First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians. Exegetical-theological analysis, Ružomberok: Catholic Biblical Works, 2013. 176 pp. ISBN 978-80-89120-39-0.
Adriana ALEXYOVÁ
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 1-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGFPA3140
Abstract
The article states how theories about the development of biblical monotheism have developed: from evolutionary and revolutionary model to the current wide range of theories that can be divided into three groups based on the period when monotheism, according to their authors, emerged in Israel’s history – before exile, in early Israel and in exile and beyond. Then attention is focused on the theory of Mark S. Smith who can be placed in the first group of authors, and on the methods by which, in his opinion, the development of biblical monotheism was recorded: the dual process of “convergence” and “differentiation” and a more recent method of “cultural memory and amnesia”.
ἐὰν ὑψωθώ ἐκ τῆς γῆς: Jesus on the Shore in John 21
Juraj FENÍK
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 81-111
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGFRC7106
Abstract
John’s Gospel features three predictions of Jesus being lifted up as a circumlocution for his death and resurrection (3,14; 8,28; 12,32-34). The wording of these predictions implies an elevation of the crucified/risen Jesus from the earth. The ending of the gospel, however, creates a remarkable contrast to those announcements as it strikingly situates the risen Jesus on the shore by the lake of Tiberias. The final pericopes take place on the ground, an element highlighted four times in 21,1-14. As the story unfolds, Jesus stands on the shore (21,4), the disciples who are not far from the shore disembark on the land (21,8-9), and, finally, Peter hauls the net full of fish symbolizing human beings on the shore. The episode depicting the encounter between the risen Jesus and the disciples on the shore of Tiberias has been scrutinized from different angles. This essay aims to contribute to an ongoing debate on John 21 by focusing on the element of the land as the place uniting the risen one with his disciples.
From Contemplation to the Praise of the Winged Guardian. A Theological Shift inside the Psalter in Ps 63:3-4
Blažej ŠTRBA
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 41-69
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGGAQ3999
Abstract
Psalm 63 is known to represent one of the finest testimonies of Psalter piety and it is a literary pearl among the Psalms. The present study is focused on some unique expressions of Ps 63 and aims to determine their significance in the psalm and within the context of the Psalter and suggests an approximate period for the final redaction of the psalm. After proposing a structure, emphasis is put on three central strophes (vv. 3-9). First, the immediate literary context of the given theological key expression in v. 4a is analysed and then the imagery of the desert and the metaphors of the winged YHWH, present in the psalm, are examined against the background of the Psalter. The statement that God’s faithfulness is better than life is in a hinge of theological change within the Psalter that has been identified in vv. 3-4. The two verbs – “see” hzָxַ (v. 3a) and “celebrate” xbָ;vַ I (v. 4b) – mark this theological shift that describes the interior movement of an orant from admiration to praise. Against the background of the introductory verse of the Psalm on the exiled king in the desert and on the bases of the careful use of the relatively new terms especially within the Psalter, the proposal situate the final redaction of the Psalm no earlier than the 5th century B.C.
Chronicles and the Final Edition of the Psalter: Comparing the Theologies
Jozef TIŇO
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 70-80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGGAZ1399
Abstract
The author of the present article argues that methodologies of both the author of Chronicles and the final editors of Masoretic Psalter are comparable. By such a comparison we can further trace theology which in this case reveals an attitude of Chronicles and the final edition of the Psalter respectively with regard to a restoration of the Davidic kingdom in Israel of the Second Temple Period. Chronicles portray future Israel as an entity constituted upon the Dynastic promise given to David, while Masoretic Psalter as a whole presents Israel constituted as a theocracy, with no place for a Davidic king there.
The Eternal Contradictions of David. The Case of 2Sam 24:1-25
Federico GIUNTOLI
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 23-40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGGPK6541
Abstract
This paper focuses on the development of the image of David in 2Sam 24:1-25. Given the perplexing ambiguities that often mark the king’s actions within the entire David Narrative (1Samuel 16–1Kings 2), the particular characterization of David in this passage will be carefully examined. Special attention will be given to the practice of calling for a “census” (ordered by David in this chapter) in both the biblical context and that of the ancient Near East, in order to illustrate that in antiquity a census was often associated with sin and impurity.
Liber Annuus LIX (2009)
Blažej ŠTRBA
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 112-118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGHAC7631
DUBOVSKÝ, Peter (ed.) et al.: Marek (Comments on the New Testament 1), Trnava: Dobrá kniha, 2013. 1036 pp. ISBN 978-80-7141-792-7.
Ladislav TICHÝ
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 119-128
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGJDB1333
KRÁĽOVÁ, Dagmar: The eyes of all were fixed on him. Outline of integral evangelization in the Gospel of Luke, Ružomberok: Catholic Biblical Work, 2013. 224 pages. ISBN 978-80-89120-41-3.
Jaroslav RINDOŠ
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 129-130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGLCA6103
TRSTENSKÝ, František: The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians. An Exegetical-Theological Analysis, Ružomberok: Catholic Biblical Works, 2013. 176 pp. ISBN 978-80-89120-39-0.
Pavel VILHAN
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 131-133
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGNKE6728
Continuing Formation Seminar for Lecturers of Exegesis
Mychaylyna KĽUSKOVÁ
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, page 134
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGNYB8563
New Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute
Blažej ŠTRBA
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, page 135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGOHU3737
Professor Massimo Grilli in Slovakia
Iveta Fides STRENKOVÁ
volume 6, issue 1, 2014, pages 135-135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGOMB9607