| Popis: |
The article describes and analyses the targumic traditions associated withthe sacred text of Num. 21.6-9. It seeks particularly to distinguish between therevelatory nature of the ‘celestial voice’ found in the targum and that foundin the midrashim, the Talmuds and the Mishnah. The revelation of the voicetakes place within a cultic context. An attempt is made to explain why thisvoice comes from the depths of the earth (Pseudo-Jonathan and Fragment targums).The working hypothesis on which the study is based is that behind ourtargums, especially the Neofiti and the Fragment but also partially the PsJon,there was an early Palestinian targum, whether it be written or oral. Discussionof the linguistic context of this targum and of the date of its texts as literature will not be entered into. Even so, we believe that the metaphor of Jn3.14 can be better understood if the targumic tradition is taken into account(the popular imagery of the synagogue concerning ‘the serpent/Messiah as themediator of salvation for Israel’). The richness of the targumic exegesis andhermeneutic related to the serpent of Numbers 21 seriously challenges the ideathat the religious imagery of John issues directly, without any intermediary,from the editor/author or from Jesus himself. Even though the targumic text islater than the NT, its traditions are not, at least for a great number of them. |
