When, in 1966, Klaus Koch defined the Fourth Servant Song (Isaiah 53) as an “erratischer Block,” he was referring to its particular ideology and exegetical tradition within the history of the Second Temple literature and thought. More than forty years after, this paper surveys biblical and extrabiblical texts, usually related by scholars with the Isaianic prophecy, with the aim of establishing the accuracy of this statement and assessing its repercussion in a true Christological domain. It is a sensible and widelyshared assumption that a close examination of the hermeneutics of the Servant could foster a better understanding of the Christian theologumenon of Jesus’ vicarious and expiatory death, as well as suggest a thorough evaluation of the actual theological novelty introduced by the announcement of that salvific event.
E. Urciuoli (2010). «Ein erratischer Block». The Pre-Jesus and the Pre-Christian Exegesis of Isaiah 53. HENOCH, 32(1), 66-100.
«Ein erratischer Block». The Pre-Jesus and the Pre-Christian Exegesis of Isaiah 53
E. Urciuoli
2010
Abstract
When, in 1966, Klaus Koch defined the Fourth Servant Song (Isaiah 53) as an “erratischer Block,” he was referring to its particular ideology and exegetical tradition within the history of the Second Temple literature and thought. More than forty years after, this paper surveys biblical and extrabiblical texts, usually related by scholars with the Isaianic prophecy, with the aim of establishing the accuracy of this statement and assessing its repercussion in a true Christological domain. It is a sensible and widelyshared assumption that a close examination of the hermeneutics of the Servant could foster a better understanding of the Christian theologumenon of Jesus’ vicarious and expiatory death, as well as suggest a thorough evaluation of the actual theological novelty introduced by the announcement of that salvific event.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
