263 KB50 KB201920262025Maver, AlešVindiš, Matejaštevilka:2letnik:7str. 25-46DOI:10.4312/clotho.7.2.25-46ISSN:2670-6210COBISSID_HOST:271282691URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-M3IEP037enZaložba Univerze v LjubljaniClothoancient Roman historyancient Roman republicBook of JudgesDeuteronomistic historiographydevteronomistično zgodovinopisjehuman sacrificeKnjige sodnikovLivius, Titusrimska republikarimska zgodovinasveto pismožrtvovanje ljudiJephthah and Titus Manlius| two descriptions of the unspeakable as a sign of a (forgotten?) existential threat|The focus of this paper is on two relatively well­known and high­profile texts (Judges11:30–40, and Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 8.6.15–8.8.1), which belong to different cultural circles and also to different time periods. They are linked by the problematic decision of a father to sacrifice a child, ostensibly for the benefit of the wider community. Although there are several features that (at times sharply) separate the two texts under discussion, it is nevertheless possible to find enough points of reference to draw parallels. The two narratives, that of the Hebrew judge Jephtah and his daughter, and that of the Roman politician Titus Manlius and his son, are set in a broader context in which two otherwise quite different communities are trying to reconstruct the period of their establishment, or rather their pioneering times. It can therefore be said that, despite similar starting points, the verdicts of the writers of the discussed texts are quite different. While the editor of the Book of Judges takes the death of Jephthah’s daughter primarily as a necessary step to avert a grave danger, even if he is somewhat uncomfortable, Livy, while mentioning “Manlius’ severity” as one of the models for the future, incorporates many elements of criticism of the consul’s actions. Perhaps this was also because Livy’s time and situation were nevertheless more remote from the existential hardships of early­Republic Rome than those of the final editor of the reports in the Book of Judges, who remembered very well the inglorious collapse of the monarchy under the Davidic dynastyPrispevek se osredotoča na dve razmeroma znani in odmevni be­sedili, ki pripadata različnima kulturnima krogoma in različnima časovnima obdobjema. Povezuje ju tema sporne odločitve očeta, da žrtvuje otroka, domnevno v dobro širše skupnosti. Čeprav obstajajo značilnosti, ki tukaj obravnavani besedili (mestoma ostro) ločujejo, je hkrati mogoče najti dovolj vstopnih točk za smiselno primerjavo. Obe pripovedi, o hebrejskem sodniku Jefteju in njegovi hčeri ter o rimskem politiku Manliju in njegovem sinu, sta postavljeni v širši kontekst, v katerem dve sicer različni skupnosti skušata rekonstruirati obdobje svoje vzpostavitve, bolje rečeno, svoje pionirsko obdobje. Kljub podobnim izhodiščem sta presoji piscev obravnavanih besedil različni. Medtem ko redaktor Knjige sodnikov smrt Jeftejeve hčere jemlje predvsem kot nujen korak za preprečitev hude nevarnosti, četudi mu je nekoliko nelagodno, Livij vključi številne elemente s kritiko konzulovega ravnanja, čeprav »Manlijevo strogost« omenja tudi kot enega od vzorcev za prihodnost. Morda tudi zato, ker sta bila Livijev čas in položaj vendarle bolj oddaljena z ozirom na eksistenčne stiske zgodnjega republikanskega Rima kot čas in položaj zadnjega urednika poročil v Knjigi sodnikov z ozirom na neslavni propad monarhije pod Davidovo dinastijoTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZaložba Univerze v Ljubljani