Serafiny w egzegezie biblijnej św. Hieronima ze Strydonu
The Seraphim in the Biblical Exegesis of St. Jerome of Stridon

Summary/Abstract: In the patristic era, the Book of Isaiah was of great interest to both Greek and Latin exegetes. St. Jerome of Stridon explained the prophet Isaiah many times. The subject of this article is the passages from book 3 of Jerome’s The Commentary on Isaiah, in which he analyzes, among others, Isa. 6:1-3 and Isa. 6:6-7 (cf. Hieronymus, Commentarii in Esaiam III 6, 1-3 and 6,6-7, Vetus Latina 23, p. 307-315, 318-320). Ergo, in Isa. 6 appear mysterious beings called Seraphim. After a short introduction to the commentary itself, in this article I present the issue of the Seraphim in Jerome’s exegesis in 4 subsections: (1) The etymology of the term Seraphim (Seraphim = incendentes, comburentes, ardor, incendium, principium oris eorum); (2) Six wings as one of the distinctive features of the Seraphim: (two cover the face of God (maybe theirs?), the second pair of wings covers God’s feet (or maybe theirs?), and the third pair is used for flying); (3) Duties and tasks of the Seraphim (celebration of the holiness of God and being sent with various commissions); (4) Allegorical meaning of the phrase Seraphim (Seraphim can symbolize: Old and New Testaments, serving celestial powers, or some shadow of truth relating to future captivity).

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