Źródła o Toli i Jairze w deuteronomistycznej strukturze Księgi Sędziów

• Authors: Dariusz Dziadosz

Title variants

EN

Sources about Tola and Jair in the Deuteronomistic Structure of the Book of Judges

Abstracts

EN

The primary narratives in the Book of Judges are constructed aroundthe recurring cycle of apostasy – oppression – plea for divine deliverancethrough the judge (2,10–3,6; 3,7˗16,31). Three times, however, these narrativesare interrupted by brief notices on six additional men who exercisedleadership in Israel during the pre-monarchic period of Israel’s settlement inCanaan (3,31; 10,1-5; 12,8-15). The brevity of the Shamgar, Tola, Jair, Ibzan,Elon, Abdon traditions and their unconventional literary nature within thecontext of the narrative cycles of oppression and deliverance have led criticalscholarship generally to recognize these verses as late insertions. The minorjudges are named in two summary notes framing the Jephthah narratives(10,6–12,7) in 10,1-5 and 12,8-15. Except for Shamgar and Tola, who is alsocredited with saving Israel, these do not seem to fit the pattern of the maincharacters in the book. But this does not mean that these governors playeda less important role than the major judges. The differences in presentationderive from the sources used by the Deuteronomistic narrator (family/tribalchronicles; folk narratives) and his literary and theological concept.

Keywords

PL

Tola; Jair; sędziowie mniejsi; sędziowie więksi; Księga Sędziów; teologia deuteronomistyczna

EN

Tola; Jair; minor judges; major judges; the Book of Judges; deuteronomistic theology

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Collectanea Theologica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 55-90

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Dariusz Dziadosz

Identifiers

DOI

10.21697/ct.2016.86.3.03

Biblioteka Nauki

2036038