W artykule prezentowana i uzasadniana jest teza zaproponowana przez Wolfganga Oswalda, według której tradycja o górze Boga (Horeb, Synaj) stanowi reminiscencję tradycji o Syjonie. Chronologiczna kolejność nazw w ramach rozwoju tej tradycji jest następująca: „góra Boga/JHWH”; „Horeb” – jako pierwotny appleativus „pustkowie, ruina” w nawiązaniu do zburzonej świątyni; Synaj – symboliczne odzwierciedlenie realiów obowiązujących w ponownie funkcjo¬nującym już sanktuarium w Jerozolimie.
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The article presents and justifies a thesis proposed by Wolfgang Oswald, according to which the tradition about the mountain of God (Horeb, Sinai) is a reminiscence of the tradition about Zion. The chronological order of names in the development of this tradition is as follows: “mo¬untain of God/YHWH”; “Horeb” – as the original appleativus “wilderness, ruin” in reference to the destroyed temple; Sinai – a symbolic reflection of the realities of the already functioning sanctuary in Jerusalem.
Tekst Wj 34,5-7 przynosi najdłuższą autoprezentację Boga w Starym Testamencie, która stanowi dopełnienie objawienia imia Bożego (Wj 3,14-15; 6,2-8). Analiza egzegetyczna, jak również porównanie z podobnymi tekstami (np. Pwt 7,9-11; Wj 20,5; Pwt 5,9), pozwalają stwierdzić, iż perykopa Wj 34,5-7 pochodzi z czasów powygnaniowych.
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The Sinai Peninsula is a subplate located between the African and Arabian plates. It is an important subplate in the world; however, this region is poorly understood because of the shortage of geophysical data. Thus, this study focuses on built a three-dimensional (3D) high-resolution forward model of the crustal thickness with a new tectonic model and structural evaluation of the Sinai Peninsula to understand this area tectonically and determine its lithospheric and crustal thicknesses. Qualitative and quantitative interpretations of Bouguer gravity, reduced-to-the-pole (RTP) aeromagnetic, and earthquake data are explained to achieve the goals of this study. Two-dimensional (2D) interactive sequential modeling of gravity data is performed along with some well-selected profiles with existing crustal layer depth points from previous works in the studied region. Seventeen 2D models are constructed and used to determine the basement, Conrad (lower crust boundary), and Moho (upper mantle boundary) depths and to build a 3D model. Accuracy of the 3D built model is evaluated by extracting observed, calculated, and residual gravity anomaly maps. The results show that the basement rocks appear on the surface in the South of Sinai and deepen (down to 4.5 km) toward the North. The Conrad surface varies approximately from 16 km (in the northeast and southwest of Sinai) to 22.8 km (in the southeast). The Moho surface depth (i.e., crustal thickness) varies approximately from 28.8 to 34.2 km, and it deepens toward the northeastern and southwestern parts of Sinai. A tentative basement structure map is constructed from the horizontal gradient (H-gradient) filter and the 3D Euler deconvolution of the Bouguer gravity and RTP aeromagnetic data. Correlation between the geological background of the study area and the obtained results suggests that the Sinai Peninsula is tectonically active, mainly in its southern portion due to the tectonic movements along the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba. The crustal thickness increases southward and thins northward.
The article constitutes an analysis of the motif of the day of Yahweh in the Book of Zephaniah. God’s anger, a crucial element of that day, may be interpreted as a metaphor for God’s mercy. The starting point for the verification of this hypothesis is the exploration of the semantic fields employed in the descriptions of the day of Yahweh in the Old Testament. Then, the historical-salvific background for the motif of God’s wrath is outlined. Situating God’s anger in the context of the covenant and Exodus helps pinpoint the function of the metaphor of anger in the message of God’s mercy.
We owe important testimonies about local nomads to monks and pilgrims visiting Sinai. The information about them can be found in the works of Nilus of Sinai, Nilus of Ancyra, Ammonius, Jerome, Anastasius Sinaita or John Moschos. The image of the nomads, both Arabs and Blemmyds is painted in rather dark colours. The Christian authors pointed to the fact that they did not have permanent residences, nor cultivated land, but lived on what they hunted or robbed. They devoted much attention to the attacks of the nomads on monasteries, hermits and pilgrims. They also reported the fate of the latter in captivity. They were shocked by Saracen beliefs, the cult of al-Uzza, identified with Aphrodite and bloody victims, especially human, although the latter has often been questioned by researchers. It seems that such practices may have happened, although rarely. Those Saracens who had adopted Christianity were presented in a different manner. They were allies of monks and hermits, defending them fromtheir pagan brothers. Even if their customs had not radically changed, for the Christian writers they were no longer barbarians. In the written sources, there is little information about collaboration between ascetics and nomadic communities, although we know from the archaeological sources that it took place, even in the form of trade exchange.
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