Ἀκρίδες из Мт. 3, 4: скакавци или биљке?
The ἀκρίδες from Mt 3,4: ‘locusts’ or ‘plants’?
Author(s): Zoran ĐurovićSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Semantics, Biblical studies
Published by: Свети Архијерејски Синод
Keywords: Grasshopper; locust; ἀκρίς; plant; meat; honey; John the Baptist; Vuk Karadžić; vegetarianism; asceticism; interpretation; Ebionites; Epiphanius of Cyprus; Isidore of Pelusium
Summary/Abstract: The aim of following paper is to show briefly the cardinal points in the initial history of the Byzantine hermeneutic of noun ἀκρίς which occurs in Mt 3, 4 and Mk. 1, 6. The author examines the essential texts, mainly those patristic, with remarks on the reasons that led towards vegetarian interpretation. In the concluding paragraph, the author affirms that behind the changes in the meaning of the term ἀκρίς there is a vegetarian-ascetic ideology. Among the prominent Orthodox authors, there is no one who would sustain a vegetarian reading, except Isidore of Pelusium.
Journal: Теолошки погледи
- Issue Year: XLVII/2014
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 701-722
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Serbian