A Crux interpretum in Jas 4,5

Mareček, Petr (author)

Verse Jas 4,5 poses two problems for exegetes. On the one hand, it is not easy to identify the apparent quotation from Scripture, and on the other hand, it is difficult to determine the meaning of this verse as a whole, as well as each statement in it. This text begins with a rhetorical question (»Or do you think it doesn’t make sense what Scripture says?«, Jas 4,5a) and is followed by a statement (»He [God] jealously longs for the spirit which [God] dwelt in us«, Jas 4,5b). The statement Jas 4,5b, which is presented as a biblical quote, is not found in the Old Testament or in the surviving unbiblical writings as a literal quote. It is not entirely possible to exclude the option that James cites an unknown work in Jas 4,5b, but it is more likely that he created a biblical quote from various elements of Scripture on the subject of God’s jealousy, which is linked to the idea of Israel’s chosen people as the bride of their God.

• Language: English
• Keywords: biblical exegesis, The Catholic Epistles, The Letter of James, Crux interpretum, The Old Testament
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2020
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: Str. 95-118
• Numbering: Letn. 75, št. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163430
• UDC: 27-277-248.76
• ISSN on article: 2335-4127
• DOI: 10.34291/Edinost/75/02/Marecek
• COBISS.SI-ID: 44179203
• Publication date in RUL: 07.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Edinost in dialog : revija za ekumensko teologijo in medreligijski dialog
• Publisher: Inštitut za ekumensko teologijo in medreligijski dialog pri Teološki fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani, Inštitut Stanka Janežiča za dogmatično, osnovno in ekumensko teologijo ter religiologijo in dialog, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2335-4127
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268194560

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Crux interpretum v Jak 4,51

Abstract

Vrstica Jak 4,5 predstavlja za eksegete dva problema. Po eni strani je ni enostavno prepoznati kot citat iz Svetega pisma, po drugi strani pa je težko določiti pomen tega verza kot celote in vsake izjave v njem. Besedilo se začne z retoričnim vprašanjem (»Ali mislite, da Pismo v prazno pravi?«, Jak 4,5a), sledi pa mu izjava (»Bog do ljubosumnosti hrepeni po Duhu, ki ga je naselil v nas«, Jak 4,5b) Dobesedne izjave Jak 4,5b, ki je predstavljena kot svetopisemski citat, ne najdemo v Stari zavezi niti v ohranjenih nebiblijskih spisih. Ni mogoče povsem izključiti možnosti, da Jakob v 4,5b citira neznano delo, zdi pa se verjetnejše, da je iz različnih elementov Svetega pisma ustvaril biblijski citat na temo Božjega ljubosumja, ki je povezano z idejo o izbranem ljudstvu Izraela kot nevesti svojega Boga.

• Keywords: biblijska eksegeza, pisma, Jakobovo pismo, Crux interpretum, Stara zaveza