The Camel and the Eye of the Needle. This paper examines Jesus’ challenging statement in the Gospels about the rich entering the Kingdom of God, likened to a camel through a needle’s eye. We explore variations in this saying across the Gospels and consider interpretations aided by literary parallels from Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic sources. These examples highlight the “eye of a needle” as a metaphor for impossibility, contrasted with a large object like a camel or elephant. While the presented examples are post-biblical, the motif’s roots may be older.

Tanulmányomban a 90. zsoltárban előforduló khiasztikus szerkezeteket vizsgálom meg, és megpróbálok válaszolni arra a kérdésre, hogyan jelentkezik ezeknek a szerkezeteknek a hatása a zsoltár üzenetében.

În acest eseu, îmi propun să conturez doctrina referitoare la întruparea lui Isus Hristos așa cum este reflectată în cele mai semnificative crezuri ale creștinismului. Totuși, pentru a înțelege evoluția acestei doctrine, voi începe prin a prezenta câteva imagini din lumea primelor declarații asemănătoare cu crezul care au apărut în perioada post-biblică.

In this paper, I try to summarize the doctrine about the incarnation of Jesus Christ as it appears in the great Creeds of Christianity, but to see the trajectory of its development I will begin my presentation with a couple of snapshots from the world of the earliest Creed-like statements of the post-Biblical era