The aim of the article is to show the relationship between an image of Zion-Jerusalem in the Ps 134 and the Lucan theology of the Holy City. Even though it is not easy to draw a certain conclusion on the issue, one could say that the Lucan idea of the Holy City is much more compound that the one present in the Psalter, but it is certainly built upon it. At first the third evangelist took the Psalmist’s point of view stressing both the role of Jerusalem and its sanctuary, but in the conclusion of his two volume work he preserved only a salvation-historical function of the City separating it from its cultic context.
W artykule prezentowana i uzasadniana jest teza zaproponowana przez Wolfganga Oswalda, według której tradycja o górze Boga (Horeb, Synaj) stanowi reminiscencję tradycji o Syjonie. Chronologiczna kolejność nazw w ramach rozwoju tej tradycji jest następująca: „góra Boga/JHWH”; „Horeb” – jako pierwotny appleativus „pustkowie, ruina” w nawiązaniu do zburzonej świątyni; Synaj – symboliczne odzwierciedlenie realiów obowiązujących w ponownie funkcjo¬nującym już sanktuarium w Jerozolimie.
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The article presents and justifies a thesis proposed by Wolfgang Oswald, according to which the tradition about the mountain of God (Horeb, Sinai) is a reminiscence of the tradition about Zion. The chronological order of names in the development of this tradition is as follows: “mo¬untain of God/YHWH”; “Horeb” – as the original appleativus “wilderness, ruin” in reference to the destroyed temple; Sinai – a symbolic reflection of the realities of the already functioning sanctuary in Jerusalem.
The aim of the article is to show the relationship between an image of Zion-Jerusalem in the Ps 134 and the Lucan theology of the Holy City. Even though it is not easy to draw a certain conclusion on the issue, one could say that the Lucan idea of the Holy City is much more compound that the one present in the Psalter, but it is certainly built upon it. At first the third evangelist took the Psalmist’s point of view stressing both the role of Jerusalem and its sanctuary, but in the conclusion of his two volume work he preserved only a salvation-historical function of the City separating it from its cultic context.
The article raises an issue of the meaning of a blessing in human’s life. For the blessing is a source of all the well-being and it influences the relationship between people. The Word of God serves its mission on Earth by completing Creator’s plan for the world and for human beings. All the nations will go to Syjon to pay homage to God who blesses them from above. It is a blessing which prolongs life, bestow children, who bring happiness and glory, on parents. God, like father, rises His children, like Jahwe shapes His Chosen Nation. For a child, according to the Old Testament, is the most beautiful gift from God to a man. Childlessness was found to be a disgrace and lack of the blessing. Peace according to the Bible does not mean only the calm life and the lack of wars. It means a well-being, a man’s harmony with all the nature, the God and a man-himself. It also means the proper relationship within the family. Such a meaning of a peace is a complete happiness given by God.
The song of praise in Isa 12 is a confession of faith in Yahweh. Trust arises from the recognition of the activity of God in the history of Israel. In the historical events Israel can still re-experience the might of God, especially in the exodus, through which God makes his name known to the world. The name of Yahweh is inextricably connected with Israel, which is confirmedby the title the 'Holy One of Israel'. The title underlines the vital self-offering of God, who is dwelling among His people in Zion. In this context, the 'springs of salvation' are the metaphor of the salvific action of God, who through his words calls the people to abandon fear and to lean exclusively on the strength of his person. The trust in the word of Yahweh permits Israel to 'draw from the springs of salvation'.
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