Esterina molitev pred srečanjem s kraljem (Est 4,17a-17h in 17i-17z)

Večko, Snežna (author)

Prispevek predstavi spokorne molitve, ki so se kot literarna vrsta uveljavile po kumranskih odkritjih in intenzivnem preučevanju številnih molitev iz teh najdb. Za spokorne molitve je značilno, da ne sprašujejo Boga, zakaj je ljudstvu poslal nesrečo, temveč priznavajo svojo lastno krivdo zanjo. Nastale so v času izgnanstva in po njem. Esterina molitev v grški verziji Esterine knjige je ena izmed njih. Moli jo kraljica Estera, preden gre po opravljenih spokornih dejanjih perzijskega kralja prosit, da odvrne od njenega ljudstva že razglašeno smrtno obsodbo. Estero njen prihod pred kralja, ne da bi bila poklicana, postavlja v smrtno nevarnost. Zato je njena molitev splet čaščenja Boga, priznanja Izraelove krivde, nevarnosti, v kateri je skupaj s svojim ljudstvom, ter prošnje za rešitev nje same in ljudstva. Bog je njeno molitev uslišal.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Bog, Izrael, nevarnost, krivda, kazen, priznanje, kesanje, usmiljenje, rešitev
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: In print
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 61-79
• Numbering: Letn. 79, št. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-166197
• UDC: 27-243.57-534.3
• ISSN on article: 2335-4127
• DOI: 10.34291/Edinost/79/02/Vecko
• COBISS.SI-ID: 220327427
• Publication date in RUL: 24.12.2024

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 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: English
• Title: Esther’s prayer before meeting the king (Est 4:17a-17h and 17i-17z)

Abstract

The article presents the penitential prayers that emerged as a literary genre after the Qumran discoveries and the intensive study of many prayers from these finds. The characteristic feature of the penitential prayers is that they do not ask God why He sent misfortune to the people, but rather acknowledge their own culpability for it. They were written during and after the exile. The prayer of Esther in the Greek version of the Book of Esther is one of them. It is prayed by Queen Esther before she goes to ask the Persian king to avert the death sentence already pronounced against her people after the atoning deeds have been done. Esther's coming before the king without being summoned puts her in mortal danger. So her prayer is a mixture of worship to God, acknowledgement of Israel's guilt, danger they are in, and a plea for her and her people's salvation. God answered her prayer.

• Keywords: God, Israel, danger, guilt, punishment, confession, repentance, mercy, deliverance