Corinna Körting, «Sach 5,5-11 – Die Unrechtmäßigkeit wird an ihren Ort verwiesen», Vol. 87 (2006) 477-492
The article discusses two issues related to the seventh vision of Zechariah. First,
it deals with the question of how a secondary revision of the text — or, more
precisely, the introduction of the women — changes the entire perspective of the
vision. Secondly, this new perspective is looked upon in its cultic aspects and in
its relation to the eight visions. Viewed this way the vision presents a kind of
fundamental liberation of the land and of its inhabitants, without any comparison
in the Old Testament, inasmuch as guilt and wickedness will be taken back to
their place of origin.
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protoapokalyptische Elemente zeigen, die auf ein Urzeit-Endzeit-
Schema zulaufen. Wenn auch noch nicht ausgereift, so vermittelt der
Text doch, daß das aus der Urgeschichte der Menschheit stammende
Böse zwar bedrohliches Potential hat, das Heil jedoch nicht mehr
aufhalten kann.
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SUMMARY
The article discusses two issues related to the seventh vision of Zechariah. First,
it deals with the question of how a secondary revision of the text — or, more
precisely, the introduction of the women — changes the entire perspective of the
vision. Secondly, this new perspective is looked upon in its cultic aspects and in
its relation to the eight visions. Viewed this way the vision presents a kind of
fundamental liberation of the land and of its inhabitants, without any comparison
in the Old Testament, inasmuch as guilt and wickedness will be taken back to
their place of origin.