Miriam's Image in Patristic and Rabbinic Interpretation

Autor(en)

Agnethe Siquans

Abstrakt

The article presents patristic interpretations of the biblical figure of Miriam alongside rabbinic interpretations. Miriam is depicted in manifold images: based on Ex 15,20f. she is portrayed as a female prophet. Christian writers interpret her as a virgin, and thus also as type of the Church and of Mary. Rabbinic texts focus on Miriam as a midwife and a mother, even of kings – on the basis of Ex 1-2. Patristic and rabbinic texts judge Miriam’s criticism of Moses in Num 12 negatively. In both traditions, also Miriam’s stance toward Moses’ Cushite wife is discussed. Patristic and rabbinic interpretations often deal with the same topics, yet they are situated in different religious-cultural contexts, presuppose different hermeneutical concepts and look at the biblical texts and its characters from different, sometimes even opposing, perspectives.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Bibelwissenschaft

Journal

Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses

Band

96

Seiten

521-536

ISSN

0013-9513

Publikationsdatum

2020

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603201 Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft, 603218 Patrologie, 603906 Jüdische Religion

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/70c92935-acc5-43fc-b31d-fc818992f646