„My loved one had a vineyard...” Cover Image

„Szőlőskertje volt barátomnak…”
„My loved one had a vineyard...”

Author(s): Miklós Kőszeghy
Subject(s): History
Published by: AETAS Könyv- és Lapkiadó Egyesület

Summary/Abstract: In 722 BC, Samaria was captured by the Assyrian forces, which brought an end to the statehood of ancient Israel. The population had already begun to flee before the conquest, and many had found refuge in the Southern Jewish state of Judah. The resettlement of the refugees meant a serious economical challenge for Judah, which was both smaller and poorer than Israel. Historical research may find the description of two solutions for coping with these problems in the prophetic song of Isaiah 5 about the vineyard as well as the woe oracles immediately following it. The poem is about an unsuccessful attempt to plant a vineyard while the woe oracles scourge the phenomena of social injustice and corruption. Both written in the last third of the 8th century BC, the poem and the woe oracles are tightly bound together. Recent archeological research has shown that the Kingdom of Ju-dah had tried to get revenue relatively quickly from vineyard plantation campaigns so that it could finance the settlement of the refugees. On the other hand, they had tried to grant land, big enough to sustain them, to the newcomers among the natives. According to Isaiah 5 both actions were accompanied by wide-ranging corruption and social injustice, because of which these attempts, going against God‟s will, could not suc-ceed.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 5-15
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian