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Omina als göttliche Botschaft an die Menschen: Beobachtungen zu תפומ und τέρας (LXX und Aquila)
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, Volume 78, Issue 1, Mar 2024, p. 1 - 17
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- 01 Mar 2024
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Abstract
Omina as a Divine message to People: Observations on îåôú and τέρας (LXX and Aquila)
Both the Septuagint and Aquila consistently translate מופת (“miraculous sign / sign of terror”) by the term τέρας. Given the broad semantic spectrum of ופת,, this concordant translation practice is surprising. This article first examines the ambivalence of τέρας in extra-biblical literature as well as in the Septuagint. It then asks whether the notion of τέρας might inspire a more precise understanding of מופת. The article pays particular attention to those passages where מופת is understood as a human being representing a divine message, both as a person and through his action. This line of thought is extended as far as to specify an understanding of Jesus of Nazareth.