Volume 12, Issue 1, 2020
Articles published in the latest issue of Studia Biblica Slovaca
ARCANGELI, Davide: Typology and Fulfillment of the Scriptures in the Gospel of John. An Analysis of Some Narratives from the Fourth Gospel (SRivBib 66), Bologna: EDB, 2019. 280 pp. ISBN 978-88-1030-256-9.
Emanuel TOV
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 1-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCYMV5960
Abstract
This study refers to a few major Israelite figures featuring in the Minor Prophets, examining their representation in the Septuagint. The Septuagint is a translation, but the translators of the various books could have presented these figures differently from their presentation in MT; for example, the Greek translations could have preserved vestiges of ancient traditions different from those of MT. It should be remembered that the LXX canon is composed of translations of different types. Thus, the Greek Joshua reflects only a few variant traditions about Joshua, while the Greek book of 1 Kgs reflects many traditions about Solomon that differ from MT, and the LXX of Chronicles reflects again very few deviating traditions. The translation of each book stands by itself. Thus, the Greek form of 1 Kgs (3 Kgdms in the LXX) presents a rather unique situation. I would say that this is the exception rather than the rule. Only if the description of the Greek figures differs from that of the Hebrew ones do we have some information about their depiction in the LXX. The Greek translation emphasizes Solomon’s wisdom and whitewashes his sins, and it presents a more favorable account of the sinners Jeroboam and Ahab.
From Miracle-makers Elijah and Elisha to Jesus and Apocrypha
Peter DUBOVSKÝ
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 24-42
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCYNA9724
Abstract
This paper will compare, first, the miracles performed by Elijah with those performed by Elisha. This comparison allows us to reconstruct “profiles” of both prophets. In the second part of this paper we will investigate which miracles made it into later texts, in particular, into the Second Temple writings and the synoptic gospels and which miracles were excluded from these writings. Based on this study we can reconstruct prototypes of miracle-makers and how they were transformed in the later periods.
Rahab the Prostitute in the New Testament
Ladislav TICHÝ
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 43-50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCYUU7479
Abstract
Rahab who was a prostitute in Jericho (Josh 2:1) and hid two Israelite spies (vv. 4-6) being therefore spared with her whole house (6:17-25) is mentioned three times in the New Testament (Matt 1:5; Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25). This contribution tries to analyze and explain these relatively short mentions and seeks to point out the theological significance of these texts. It is significant for the message of the Gospel of Matthew that Rahab is named among the ancestors of Jesus Christ. And the mentions in the letters seem to be especially important. There Rahab the prostitute, despite her sinful enterprise, is given as an example of faith (Heb 11:31) and of works (Jas 2:25). There is no real contradiction between these two texts (“faith” in one and “works” in the other) because both can be united as it was expressed, e.g., by the apostle Paul in his theologically very important proclamation in Gal 5:6: “the only thing that matters is faith working through love”.
Elijah: His Role and Importance in the Gospel of Luke
Petr MAREČEK
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 51-70
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCYVM7698
Abstract
On the basis of the interpretation of the texts of the Gospel of Luke, where Elijah is mentioned either explicitly (1:17; 4:25.26; 9:8.19.30.33) or implicitly (7:11-16.18-23.24-28; 9:51.5455.61-62), this study points to its role and importance in this gospel. The image of Elijah in the Gospel of Luke is complex. John the Baptist is associated several times with Elijah: explicitly in Luke 1:17 (the prediction of the angel Gabriel) and implicitly in 1:76 (the prophecy of Zechariah) and in 7:27 (the assessment of Jesus). On the other hand, Jesus is also depicted with the features of the prophet Elijah: Jesus’ preaching at Nazareth (4:25-26; cf. 1 Kgs 17:18-16), the raising of the widow’s son (Luke 7:11-17; cf. 1 Kgs 17:8-14), the saying of Jesus addressed to would-be followers (Luke 9:61-62; cf. 1 Kgs 19:19-21). John the Baptist is associated with Elijah, as the forerunner and preparer of the way of the Lord (= Jesus) in the way Malachi speaks (3:1), while Jesus is not associated with the Elijah figure of Malachi, but with the Elijah of the Deuteronomistic cycle 1 Kgs 17–2 Kgs 2. However, StBiSl 12 (1/2020) 70 Elijah Jesus is not Elia redivivus, he is “more than Elijah”. He is “the Christ of God” (Luke 9:20), who does not act as the fiery reformer, but who brings salvation.
Allegorical Exegesis of Greek Philosophers as the Background of Hellenistic Exegesis of the Bible. A Literary-Cultural Overview
Helena PANCZOVÁ
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 71-102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCZBJ6908
Abstract
In the era of oral culture the Greek epic poems could flexibly react to contemporary situation. This ability was lost after their canonization. Greek philosophers, however, found in the allegorical exegesis a means that allowed them to adapt the content of the epics to the changing situation. In the course of the Ancient Greek history there appeared several interpretive approaches that share the assumption that the poetic text “says something different” (ἄλλα ἀγορεύει). Allegorical interpretation works on the basis of analogy. It may be applied to various aspects of human experience, so there are several types of interpretation: physical, historical, moral, psychological, and mystical. Helenistic Jews in Alexandrii were in a similar cultural dilemma. In dealing with it they took inspiration from the Greek philosophers. In the exegesis of the Bible, too, allegory served as a bridge over the gap between the letter of the old texts and the new cultural situation of Hellenized Jews.
Biblica 99 (2018)
Jaroslav MUDROŇ
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 103-109
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCZBT7171
ARCANGELI, Davide: Typology and Fulfillment of the Scriptures in the Gospel of John. An Analysis of Some Narratives from the Fourth Gospel (SRivBib 66), Bologna: EDB, 2019. 280 pp. ISBN 978-88-1030-256-9.
Alessandro CAVICCHIA
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 110-117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCZMJ5015
Conference “Prophets” in Badín, 13–15 December 2019
Miroslav VARŠO
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 118-123
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCZNS2381
Biblical Scholar and Theologian Prof. Petr Pokorný Has Died
REDAKCIA
volume 12, issue 1, 2020, pages 123-124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsCZZO1256