Didier Luciani

Adriel de Mehola (1 Sam 18:19): "Vous chantiez? j'en suis fort aise. Eh bien : dansez maintenant"

Adriel de Mehola (1 Samuel 18:19) sert-il la vengeance de Saul contre le jeune David pour une danse que le roi aurait mal assume?

Une autre intention pour Lv 24 Réponse à Leigh M. Trevaskis

This article is a response to the proposal of L.M. Trevaskis (VT 59 [2009], p. 295-312). Taking into account the book of Leviticus as a whole, it suggests a different explanation to justify the location of chapter 24 in the canonical form of the book.

L'ironie vétéro-testamentaire

Bien qu’avec un temps de retard sur les etudes litteraires, la categorie d’ironie a fini par s’imposer aussi en exegese biblique. La parution recente de l’etude de Carolyn Sharp (2009) est l’occasion de faire le point sur ce concept proteiforme, d’en montrer la pertinence pour l’interpretation de l’Ancien Testament et, plus largement encore, de s’interroger sur les enjeux hermeneutiques de son utilisation dans une perspective « post-moderne ». Major exegetical interest in the literary device of irony started only with the rise of new literary critical approaches. On this topic, Edwin M. Good (Irony in the Old Testament, Philadelphia, PA, 1965) seems to have been a precursor. The publication of Carolyn J. Sharps study (Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible, Bloomington, IN, 2009) gives us the occasion to return to this multi-meaning concept, to show its relevance for interpreting the old Testament, and to examine the hermeneutical challenges within a larger postmodern perspective.

Le Jubilé dans Lévitique 25

Etude synchronique et structurelle de Lv 25 et de sa theologie sous-jacente. The current nature of the «jubilee» encourages us to reread Lev 25 according to its «spirit», that is to say according to its «letter» also. After having given an account of the research, especially historical, the text is analyzed in its unity and structure and is interpreted according to its conceptual coherence. The law is elaborated around three poles which are YHWH, the land and the people. By the means of the jubilee, the people is called to institutionalize in the land what God has done for them at the Exodus and in the desert. Mans reply prolongs the effectiveness of divine action; Gods blessing gives assurance to mans faith.