"Messianic passages" of the Hebrew bible in the Isaak Cylkow's translation of the Tanach Cover Image

"Mesjańskie fragmenty" Biblii hebrajskiej w przekładzie Tanach Izaaka Cylkowa
"Messianic passages" of the Hebrew bible in the Isaak Cylkow's translation of the Tanach

Author(s): Piotr Goniszewski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Jewish messianism; chritian messianism; Isaak Cykow; Judaism; hermeneutic of the Bible

Summary/Abstract: In this article we will present how Isaac Cylkow, a representative of Progressive Judaism, reflects and comments on selected Messianic prophecies in his translation of the Hebrew Bible into Polish. The first point will be presented a short description of Judaism during the Haskalah. The second point will contain basic information about the life and scientific work of the Rabbi Isaac Cylkow. The third will discuss the hermeneutics of Isaac Cylkow four selected fragments of the Hebrew Bible, which in Jewish and / or Christian Tradition have been or are interpreted as messianic prophecies. These texts will be: Gen 49.10; Num 24.17; Is 7:14; Ps 110.4.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 69-86
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish