Góra Moria jest znana przede wszystkim jako Wzgórze Świątynne w Jerozolimie. Zarówno Stary, jak i Nowy Testament wspominają o niej wielokrotnie, jednak w zdecydowanej większości przypadków nie wymieniają jej z nazwy, lecz utożsamiają ją ze Świątynią Jerozolimską. Etymologia nazwy Moria możliwa jest do wyprowadzenia z rdzeni zarówno hebrajskich, jak i aramejskich. Odsłania ona zabiegi literackie, które mogą dawać możliwości nowych interpretacji znaczenia tego miejsca. Artykuł ukazuje te zabiegi, a także przedstawia wyniki badań archeologicznych tego miejsca.

This article is an interdisciplinary study. The authors (a canon lawyer and a biblical theologian) endeavour to examine the text of the Book of Deuteronomy 24:1 through both canonical and exegetical lenses. They look at whether and to what extent it is aligned with the contemporary Catholic teaching on the permanence and indissolubility of marriage. They frame the research problem through a series of questions: Is the analysed text contrary to the Catholic Church’s position on the inadmissibility of divorce? Does it imply consent to divorce? Or does it permit marital separation but solely under specific conditions? First, the authors discuss the Catholic teaching on the permanence and indissolubility of marriage. They highlight a distinction between the two terms. They seek to expose the process of evolution of the institution of marriage from the Creation, i.e., God’s original intention in relation to marriage, through the Old Testament period of “hardness of heart”, i.e., from the original sin to the time of Jesus, to the third stage since Jesus, who restored the original order destroyed by sin and elevated the conjugal bond of two baptized people to the dignity of a sacrament. The authors then examine the concept of marital separation. By its very nature, it does not sever the marital bond. The authors explain the legal grounds for separation, among them adultery and failure to maintain marital fidelity. Next, they conduct an in-depth semantic analysis of the studied text and discuss divorce proceedings in the light of Deuteronomy 24:1. They close the discussion with conclusions. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the work, the authors relied on the literature from the domains of biblical studies and canon law.

Book Review: Wojciech Węgrzyniak, Psalm 83. Teksty – egzegeza – konteksty (Studia Biblica Lublinensia 19; Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL 2019). Ss. 381. PLN 27.00. Oprawa miękka. ISBN 978-83-8061-678-3

This publication marks yet another interdisciplinary contribution by the authors: a canon lawyer and a biblical theologian. They undertake a joint canonical and exegetical analysis of Ezra 9:1–2, reflecting on whether this passage might be counted among the biblical foundations that have informed the Catholic Church’s doctrine on mixed marriages and the diriment impediment arising from disparity of religion. Already, the title poses the research problem framed as a question, “Does the Biblical Injunction against Marriage with ‘Outsiders’ (Ezra 9:1–2) still Bind Catholics Today?” As a first step, the authors undertake an examination of the biblical pericope with a particular focus on the problem of intermarriage, contextualized within its historical setting and the reform initiated by Ezra. Special attention is given to Deuteronomy 7:3–4, which is considered a fundamental underpinning of Ezra’s position. Subsequently, the authors trace the historical evolution of the concepts of impedimentum disparitatis cultus and impedimentum mixtae religionis. The authors move on to discuss the contemporary teaching of the Catholic Church concerning mixed marriages and the granting of dispensations from the diriment impediment of disparity of cult. Particular attention is given to the prerequisites for obtaining the permission of the local ordinary and the aforesaid dispensation, nuanced from the perspective of the Catholic party and non-Catholic one. In the final section, the authors articulate the conclusions of their inquiry. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the study, their research methodology integrated scholarly sources from both biblical sciences and the canonical legal tradition.