Harmonia obydwu Testamentów w świetle najnowszych badań

Abstract

The present paper is an attempt of a synthesis of and comment on the consonance of both Testaments. There are two trends of exegesis in this matter: one is closely connected with the biblical paralelisms method, based on the ‘style anthologique’ or ‘procedimiento imitativo’. This method has proved very useful in interpretation of more difficult texts of the New Testament, and especially so in biblical theology. The other trend could be called that of the literary consonance of both Testaments: with this method we first study literary structures of a Gospel as a whole and its models in the Old Testament, and then concrete examples of various literary forms in the Gospels, in the light of the Old Testament, e. g. Annuciation, the Gospel of Infancy. This method of investigation has on one hand stressed the remarkable unity and harmony of both Testaments, but, as it is based on evidence strictly internal and often subjective, it has weakened the historical valour of certain episodes of the Gospel of Infancy (Luc 1-2; Mat 1-2) on the other. From the point of view of Catholic hermeneutics its great lack is its neglect to confront its findings with inerrancy and inspiration of the Bible, as well as its complete disregard of the testimony of the Tradition of the Church.