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Jelen tanulmányunkban szóról szóra elemezzük Pál mellékmondatát, különös tekintettel a gümnosz kifejezésre. A mondatot megpróbáljuk megtisztítani az értelmezések évszázadok alatt rárakódott porától, és keressük a szavak azon jelentését, amely – véleményünk szerint – leginkább megfelel Pál szándékának, majd pedig megfogalmazunk egy olyan, a szövegkörnyezetbe szervesen beépülő mondatot, amelynek üzenete beleillik a páli eszkatológiába.

Szóra bírva – Kozma Zsolttal beszélget Tunyogi Lehel bemutatása

A Jel 16,16 egy nevet is említ, amikor elbeszéli, hogy a Góg és Magóg népe azon a helyen gyülekezik háborúra, amit zsidóul „Harmagedon”-nak neveznek. Jelen tanulmányunkban erre a megnevezésre tekintünk, úgy, hogy először az ezzel kapcsolatos elméleteket foglaljuk össze, ezt követően pedig egy olyan alapvető szempontra hívjuk fel a figyelmet, amely úgy tűnik, hogy elkerülte a magyarázók figyelmét. Ez lehetőséget nyújthat arra, hogy jobban megértsük János gondolatainak hátterét, és közelebb kerüljünk Harmagedon titkának megértéséhez is.

The Autobiography of Gyula Mihaly Szigethy. The „peregrinatio academica” is a well documented topic of the transylvanian cultural history from the 17–18th century. Szigethi Gyula Mihály (1758–1837) was one of the thousands of young people, who choosed to travel thousands of miles in order to continue their studies in western-European universities. After finishing the college of Marosvásárhely (Tg. Mures) –one of the best transylvanian calvinist schools of his time –, thanks to the financial support of count Joseph Teleki, he attended the universities of Marburg, Göttingen, Stuttgart and Viena in the period between 1786–1790. Returning home he choosed not to become a priest as it would be a custom in those times, earninig his living for a few years as a privateprofessor in the courts of local nobils. In 1797 ha was ellected professor of the college from Udvarhely (Odorheiul Secuiesc), where he made a carrier, retiring in 1823. In this time he published among others articles about the history of the town and the college of Udvarhely. Although his journal written between 1786–1790 no longer exists, his autobiography –published in our article– written in 1833 contains important datas about the transylvanian educational system from the late 18th and the beginning of the 19th century.

Canaanite Abominations as Presented in the Book of Deuteronomy. A Theological Evaluation. Before entering in the Promised Land the people of Israel were told not to follow the forbidden practices of the polytheistic nations (Deut 18, 9–14), to avoid all kinds of magical and superstitious practices designed to discover the will of gods, or even to compel the gods to action in certain ways. The occult, superstitions, divinisation, sorcery, spiritualism were abominations all to Yahweh and brought about His judgment. Yahweh made His will known through revelation, by the aid of His prophets, whose words would be clearly understandable to the people in contrast with the ambiguous and mysterious spells of those who worked with magic and divinisation. Israel must be blameless in regard to every form of divinisation, magic or spiritism. In our day when we can see the rise of a „new paganism”, moreover when spiritualism, astrology, teacup reading and the like are widely practised, these injuctions given to ancient Israel have a particular relevance. This presentation is trying to understand the present will of God with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to tell the difference between religion and revelation. A short survey is being made to define the aspects of Israelite religion, a product of revelation through the prophets of Jahweh in contrast to the religions and magic void of revelation. The exegesis of the biblical passage from Deut 18,9–14 enables us to search to the different forbidden Canaanite practices. Some attempts are being made towards a possible new translation of the words denoting forbidden practices. The will of God was to be discovered by a prophet and not by a magic worker, a diviner or a spiritist. Israel has to observe the guidance of Yahweh, who will provide a succession of prophets until the day when He will send them the Messiah, the eschatological Prophet Jesus Christ, His Son – who will save His people from damnation. He has the words of eternal life. Jesus asked the twelve: You do not want to leave too, do you? Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. (John 6,67–68)