Hireling in Mal 3:5 as a Sign of Social Crisis in the First Half of the 5th Century BC Cover Image

Robotnik na wynagrodzeniu w Ml 3,5 jako symbol kryzysu społecznego w i poł. V w. przed Chr.
Hireling in Mal 3:5 as a Sign of Social Crisis in the First Half of the 5th Century BC

Author(s): Arnold Zawadzki
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: Book of Malachi; wages; hireling; the wages of hireling; mercenary; social crisis

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is to illustrate the social crisis in the 5th century BC, whose symbol in Mal 3,5 is a hireling working for wages. The grammatical and syntactic analysis of the expression Sükar-Säkîr helps to elucidate the situation of the hireling in the 5th century BC brought almost to the status of slave. The editorial addition, identifiable in Mal 3,1-5, is in turn the evidence of attempt to incorporate the original prophecy of Malachi in the process of extinguishing the embers of the social crisis.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 81-102
  • Page Count: 22