RT Article
T1 The Recovery of the Nazirite in Carolingian Discourse
JF Journal of the bible and its reception
VO 8
IS 1
SP 61
OP 78
A1 Lahav, Rina
LA English
PB De Gruyter
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1772597082
AB Carolingian exegetes Hrabanus Maurus and Paschasius Radbertus encountered a paradox in the sources available to them regarding the prophecy of Dan and its representative Samson, the archetypal Nazirite, “Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse’s heels that his rider may fall backward. I will look for thy salvation, O Lord” (Gen 49:17-8). While in some sources, the blessing given to Dan in Genesis 49:17 is interpreted as foreshadowing Christ, in others it is seen as reflecting the Antichrist. In this article, I explore how these Carolingian exegetes rose to the challenge of this conflict, by the examining the sources for both approaches available to them. I argue that both exegetes engaged with the sources in a manner that bypassed the paradox, each choosing a different way to do so.
K1 Carolingian period
K1 Hrabanus Maurus
K1 Nazirite
K1 Paschasius Radbertus
K1 Samson
DO 10.1515/jbr-2020-0003