Numbers 5:11–31 as the Old Testament Background for Revelation 8:11

Siemieniec, Tomasz Marcin

Numbers 5:11–31 as the Old Testament Background for Revelation 8:11

dc.contributor.author	Siemieniec, Tomasz Marcin
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-12T10:31:29Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-12T10:31:29Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description.abstract	The article examines possible links between the ritual of bitter water, described in Numbers 5:11–31, and one of the aspects of the plague, described as the event following the third trumpet in the Book of Revelation (Rev 8:11). Such a connection has not been analysed by scholars so far. The ritual described in Numbers 5 not only has a legal meaning but it is also the starting point for a theological tradition of understanding adultery as a metaphor for Israel’s unfaithfulness to YHWH. The prophetic texts of the OT use motifs taken from Num 5 to depict the lawsuit that YHWH brings against the unfaithful people. According to the author of this article, the use of the motif of drinking bitter water in Rev 8:11 falls into a similar pattern. This is a ritual performed to reveal the guilt of the sinners described in Rev as hoi anthrōpoi.
dc.identifier.citation	"The Biblical Annals", 2024, T. 14, nr 1, s. 93-113
dc.identifier.doi	10.31743/biban.14947
dc.identifier.issn	2083-2222
dc.identifier.issn	2451-2168
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/6420
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo KUL
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Revelation of John
dc.subject	Book of Numbers
dc.subject	Sotah ritual
dc.subject	bitter water
dc.subject	idolatry
dc.subject	adultery
dc.title	Numbers 5:11–31 as the Old Testament Background for Revelation 8:11
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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