Wąż uczyniony przez Mojżesza i wąż z Edenu. Od tradycji historycznej do koncepcji teologicznej

Abstract

The subject of the analysis in the article is the origin and significance of the cult of the snake Nechushana in Jerusalem. Its beginning is connected with Moses (2 Kgs. 18.4). The following part examines contextual references Nb. 21,4–9, the pericopes constituting the etiology for the information from 2 Kgs. 18.4. Thanks to that study, the key theological significance of the pericope has been shown (especially in relation to Ex 15, 22–26, Nb. 11). The third part of the analysis is a comparison of two texts, Nb. 21,4–9 and Gen. 3,1–(15)–24. Some elements of the narrative method have been used during the study. The juxtaposition of both texts allows to read the etiology of the copper snake made by Moses as a text which illustrates a paradigmatic story about the reasons for the lack of trust in God and its consequences presented in Genesis 3.

Keywords

• Moses
• Nechusztan
• the snake
• Eden