THE TABERNACLE IN THE SUN? THE SUN AS AN ALLEGORICAL REPRESENTATION OF GOD IN PS 18:5C LXX Cover Image

PŘÍBYTEK VE SLUNCI? SLUNCE JAKO ALEGORIE BOHA V ŽL 18,5C LXX
THE TABERNACLE IN THE SUN? THE SUN AS AN ALLEGORICAL REPRESENTATION OF GOD IN PS 18:5C LXX

Author(s): Petr Chalupa
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Old Testament; Psalm 18:5c LXX; the metaphorical meaning of the sun

Summary/Abstract: The images of the divine Sun in ancient cultures are the context of Old Testament expressions concerning the sun. The translator of the Hebrew text into Greek must have also been influenced by the culture that surrounded him. The translator provided his Greek-speaking Jewish contemporaries with a monotheist tuned paraphrase of the Hebrew text in Psalm 18:5c. His idea of the sun as an appropriate allegorical representation of God is based on linguistic and thematic default assumptions of the Hebrew text.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 64–69
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Czech