"The Most High does not dwell in houses made with human hands": a study of possible hellenistic jewish parallels for the Jerusalem temple as idolatry in acts 7:48

Monica Selvatici

doi:10.5433/1984-3356.2017v10n20p1063

Autores

Monica Selvatici Universidade Estadual de Londrina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8684-1753

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2017v10n20p1063

Palavras-chave:

Hellenistic judaism, Acts of the Apostles - Jerusalem temple -Stephen - idolatry

Resumo

O propósito do presente artigo é duplo. (1) Ele busca analisar o discurso de Estevão, uma passagem controversa no capítulo 7 do livro neotestamentário Atos dos Apóstolos. Nele, Estevão, um judeu cristão helenista, critica o templo de Jerusalém ao argumentar que "o Altíssimo não habita em obras de mãos humanas (cheiropoietos)" (At. 7:48). O uso do termo pejorativo cheiropoietos para designar o templo judaico constituía uma blasfêmia na medida em que, no período anterior à produção dos textos do Novo Testamento, este termo fora usado na Bíblia hebraica somente para templos e estátuas de divindades politeístas, os chamados 'ídolos'. (2) Uma vez que o discurso de Estevão parece recuperar certo material histórico, o artigo, então, examina textos judaico-helenísticos escritos entre o século I a.C. e o século I d.C. e que apresentam menções negativas ao Templo de Jerusalém de forma a situar historicamente a crítica de Estevão em Atos 7:48.

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Biografia do Autor

Monica Selvatici, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Doutora em História pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Professora Adjunta da Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

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