Isten, angyal, krisztus. Változatok a 8. zsoltárra
God, Angel, Christ. Variations on Psalm 8

Summary/Abstract: Imre Újfalvi (? – early 17th century), editor of the 1602 Calvinist hymn book, published Miklós Bogáti Fazakas’s (1548–1592/early 17th century), Psalm 8., although the preface to the hymnal suggests that Újfalvi was not aware of Bogáti’s Psalterium. Presumably, the source of the text is a sixteenth-century Unitarian hymnal that is no longer extant, and this article provides new evidence for this opinion. Based on the textual variants of Bogáti’s Psalm 8., there was a common original source on which both the Calvinist hymnal and the Unitarian editions relied. Furthermore, Újfalvi even omits a part of the Psalm which had been the subject of fervent theological debates for a long time. Based on contemporary works on theology and translations, it seems that Újfalvi had every reason to omit the part in question, as it does not conform to the theological views of his denomination. Th is is another argument for the supposition that the original source is a Unitarian text.

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