Hezekiah and the Centralization of Worship (2 Kgs 18:4.22)

• Authors: Janusz Lemański

Abstracts

PL

Czy Ezechiasz przeprowadził reformy religijne, których celem była centralizacja kultu w Jerozolimie? Na to pytanie trudno dać jednoznaczną odpowiedź. Opis reform jest lakoniczny i stereotypowy (2 Krl 18,4.22). Okoliczności historyczne wydają się jednak sprzyjać uznaniu go za historyczny. Również badania archeologiczne, choć jednoznacznie nie potwierdzają, to nie pozwalają też zdecydowanie zaprzeczyć takiej możliwości, choć wielu badaczy uważa, że nie było żadnego masowego napływu migrantów z północy, a wzrost populacji pod koniec VIII w. przed Chr. był naturalnym procesem demograficznym. Teksty poświęcone monarchii (1–2 Sm; 1–2 Krl) oraz samej centralizacji kultu (Pwt 12) lepiej wpisują się w sytuację z końca VII w. (czasy Jozjasza), zarówno gdy patrzymy na nie od strony analizy krytycznoliterackiej, jak i od strony analizy sytuacji polityczno-społecznej. Postać Ezechiasza mogła być jednak uznana przez autorów z VII w. przed Chr. za prekursora reform z czasów Jozjasza ze względu na „historyczną” informację o zniszczeniu przez niego kultu węża Nechusztana.

EN

Did Hezekiah carry out religious reforms aimed at centralizing worship in Jerusalem? It is difficult to give an unequivocal answer to this question. The description of reforms is laconic and stereotypical (2 Kgs 18:4.22). The historical circumstances, however, seem to favor its recognition as historical. Also archaeological research, although not confirming unequivocally, does not allow to deny such a possibility either, even if many researchers believe that there was no massive influx of migrants from the north and that the population growth towards the end of 8th c. BCE was a natural demographic process. Texts devoted to the monarchy (1–2 Sam; 1–2 Kgs) and to the centralization of worship (Deut 12) fit better with the situation at the end of the 7th c. BCE (time of Josiah), both when we look at them from the point of view of literary criticism and from the perspective of political and social situation. However, the figure of Hezekiah could be considered by the authors of the 7th c. BCE as a precursor of the reforms of Josiah’s time due to the “historical” information about his destruction of the serpent cult of Nehushtan.

Keywords

PL

Ezechiasz; centralizacja kultu; historyczność; Jerozolima

EN

Hezekiah; centralization of worship; historicity; Jerusalem

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Collectanea Theologica
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 92
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 29-62

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Janusz Lemański

• Uniwersytet Szczeciński

• https://orcid.org/000000021512997X

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Identifiers

DOI

10.21697/ct.2022.92.1.02

Biblioteka Nauki

2028955