Mojžiš modliaci sa so zdvihnutými rukami (Ex 17,11) ako predobraz Ukrižovania v starokresťanskej exegéze
Moses Praying with Uplifted Hands (Ex 17:11) as a Prefiguration of the Crucifixion in Ancient Christian Exegesis
Author(s): Helena PanczováSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Language and Literature Studies, History of Church(es), Theoretical Linguistics, Theology and Religion, Biblical studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Vydavateľstvo Minor, Kapucíni na Slovensku
Keywords: Moses;Crucifixion;prefiguration;exegesis;ancient christianity
Summary/Abstract: In Christian exegesis, Moses praying with uplifted hands (Ex 17:11) became a prefiguration of Christ on the cross. Although the ancient prayer gesture was raising hands, not stretching them out sideways, there are some exegetical texts based on this supposition. Origen, however, pointed out that such interpretation was semantically incorrect – though he preserves the Christological meaning of the gesture. Analysis of ancient texts confirms that the symbolic parallel between Moses’ prayer gesture and the crucifixion was precisely in the lifting, the upward motion. So, the polysemous verb ἐκτείνω used in this context should be translated as “raise, lift”.
Journal: Studia Capuccinorum Boziniensia
- Issue Year: 10/2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 118-129
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Slovak
