Israel as the Living Temple of God (Exod 19:5–6)

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Verbum Vitae Pub Date : 2023-03-20 DOI:10.31743/vv.14692

Jan Lemanski

{"title":"Israel as the Living Temple of God (Exod 19:5–6)","authors":"Jan Lemanski","doi":"10.31743/vv.14692","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Exod 19:3–8 and the description of Israel’s identity as a chosen nation bound by a covenant with YHWH (Exod 19:5–6: special possession, kingdom of priests, holy nation) have much in common both with statements known from deuteronomistic and priestly texts as well as from the so-called School of Holiness. This multiplicity of thematic, conceptual and linguistic connections makes the source classification and dating of this text quite difficult. The only consensus today is that it was written at the earliest just after the Babylonian exile. In this paper, the description of Israel’s identity in Exod 19:5–6 is linked to the priestly concept of the portable sanctuary, in which the specific location of the sanctuary (the sanctuary in the desert) is no longer important and not only the king or the priests are responsible for it, but the entire nation. This vocation is to be realized by the nation’s attitude of faithfulness to God (Exod 19:5a) in everyday life. In this way, sacred space in Israel goes beyond the walls of the temple and even Jerusalem (as according to Ezechiel), nor is it any longer limited to selected moments (visit to the sanctuary), but encompasses the entire life of the nation in all its aspects\n ","PeriodicalId":37783,"journal":{"name":"Verbum Vitae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Verbum Vitae","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31743/vv.14692","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Exod 19:3–8 and the description of Israel’s identity as a chosen nation bound by a covenant with YHWH (Exod 19:5–6: special possession, kingdom of priests, holy nation) have much in common both with statements known from deuteronomistic and priestly texts as well as from the so-called School of Holiness. This multiplicity of thematic, conceptual and linguistic connections makes the source classification and dating of this text quite difficult. The only consensus today is that it was written at the earliest just after the Babylonian exile. In this paper, the description of Israel’s identity in Exod 19:5–6 is linked to the priestly concept of the portable sanctuary, in which the specific location of the sanctuary (the sanctuary in the desert) is no longer important and not only the king or the priests are responsible for it, but the entire nation. This vocation is to be realized by the nation’s attitude of faithfulness to God (Exod 19:5a) in everyday life. In this way, sacred space in Israel goes beyond the walls of the temple and even Jerusalem (as according to Ezechiel), nor is it any longer limited to selected moments (visit to the sanctuary), but encompasses the entire life of the nation in all its aspects

查看原文本刊更多论文

以色列是上帝的活庙（Exo19:5-6）

Exod 19:3–8以及对以色列作为一个受与YHWH盟约约束的选定国家的身份的描述（Exod 19:5–6：特殊占有、牧师王国、神圣国家）与从氘化和祭司文本以及所谓的神圣学派中已知的陈述有很多共同点。这种主题、概念和语言联系的多样性使得文本的来源分类和年代测定相当困难。今天唯一的共识是，它最早是在巴比伦流亡之后写的。在本文中，Exod 19:5–6中对以色列身份的描述与便携式避难所的祭司概念有关，在便携式避难所中，避难所（沙漠中的避难所）的具体位置不再重要，不仅国王或牧师负责，整个国家也要负责。这一使命将通过国家在日常生活中对上帝的忠诚态度来实现（Exo19:5a）。这样，以色列的神圣空间就超越了圣殿甚至耶路撒冷的墙壁（根据埃泽切尔的说法），也不再局限于特定的时刻（参观圣地），而是涵盖了国家的整个生活的方方面面

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Verbum Vitae Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

CiteScore

0.70

自引率

0.00%

发文量

审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Published since 2002, "Verbum Vitae" is issued biannually by the Institute of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Each issue of the journal includes scholarly articles dedicated to a specific biblical theme and presented in three sections: (I) Old Testament, (II) New Testament, and (III) Patristics and the Life of the Church. The final "Life of the Church" perspective tries to broaden out each issue''s given topic into its multiple connections and implications, mostly dogmatic, moral, pastoral, liturgical, or sociological. The forth section of the journal always consists of reviews of recently published monographs and collections on biblical themes. Because of the journal''s interdisciplinary character, it seeks to include among the contributors not only biblical scholars but also theologians of various specializations.