Elias a serviço do Deus que responde: Uma leitura de 1 Rs 18, 21-39 no contexto dos cap. 17-19
Este livro apresenta uma abordagem exegético-teológica de I Rs 18, 21-39, a disputa de Elias com os profetas de Baal no Monte Carmelo, no contexto dos cap. 17-19. A abordagem mostra a atuação do profeta, que desmascara os ídolos mudos, personificados em Baal, e revela a presença do Deus vivo que response. Deste modo, Elias possibilita ao povo discernir, reencontrar-se com o verdadeiro Deus e a reconstruir sua identidade. O mensageiro divino, como pedagogo, mediate a palavra e a memória dos antepassados, conduz o povo à face de Deus que restaura as lacunas da consciência e ilumina as noites escuras da vida. O profeta, partindo de sua experiência de Dues, desmascara todo um sistema de governo bem como todo o aparato idolátrico que o sustenta.
“I THE LORD YOUR GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD” (Ex 20:5)- A HISTORICAL, EXEGETICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF DIVINE ZEAL AND JEALOUSY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
Janusz Janowiak O.carm was born in Lipnica Wielka, Poland, in 1974. He obtained his Doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Dublin, Ireland. He is a lecturer in Biblical Theology and Koine Greek at the St. Jozef Bilczewski Theological Institute in Lviv, Ukraine, and has published several articles on the authorship and origin of various biblical books. This engaging study offers unique insights into the difficult and sometimes controversial theme of God’s zeal and jealousy as taught in the Old Testament. Making use of the historical-critical method, the author presents the texts examined in this book against their historical background to reflect their development and conducts their exegetical and theological analysis. In this way, he demonstrates that this concept predominantly speaks of God who loves his people so much that he wants them to remain faithful to him and inspires them to give a positive response to his love.