05_Biblica_Do_Layout 1 08/07/13 12:57 Pagina 433 05_B 433 peri. o[lou tou/ ko,smou A number of scholars led by L. Morris are of the opinion that the ilaskomai word-group is often used to mean propitiation 73. They `, believe that the LXX constantly uses this word-group coupled with a sense of human sinfulness, and that the inevitable consequence of sin is the wrath of God. To be reconciled with God is to regain his favor. A propitious act or human effort through propitiation has to take place. The entire enterprise of regaining reconciliation with God lies in the appeasement of God’s wrath. For instance, D. Büch- ner argues that the meaning of the i`la,skomai word-group for the cultic portions of the Pentateuch should be “appease” or “propitiate”. However, it is in no way certain that in the LXX secular and reli- gious uses are to be distinguished, or that a dual meaning of “ap- pease” as well as “cleanse” occurs 74. Leading the opposite group is C.H. Dodd who, in his study of the translations of the word in the LXX, argues for the English ren- dering of expiation rather than propitiation 75. Sin is the cause of the subsequent conciliation that must take place, that is, to un-sin, to cleanse from defilement, or to expiate. Dodd argues that the stock L. MORRIS, “The Use of i`la,skesqai etc. in Biblical Greek”, ExpT 62 73 (1951) 227-233; IDEM, “The Wrath of God”, ExpT 63 (1951-52) 142-145; IDEM, “The Biblical Use of the Term ‘Blood’”, JTS 53 (1952) 216-227; IDEM, “The Meaning of i`lasth,rion in Romans 3,25”, NTS 2 (1955-56) 33-43; IDEM, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross (Grand Rapids, MI 21983), 144-213; R.R. NICOLE, “C.H. Dodd and the Doctrine of Propitiation”, WTJ 17 (1955) 352-360; D. HILL, Greek Words and Hebrew Meanings. Studies in the Se- mantics of Soteriological Terms (SNTSMS 5; Cambridge 1967) 23-48; T.C.G. THORNTON, “Propitiation or Expiation? i`lath,rion and i`lasmo,j in Ro- mans and 1 John”, ExpT 80 (1968-69) 53-55; and D. BÜCHNER, “evxila,sasqai: Appeasing God in the Septuagint Pentateuch”, JBL 129 (2010) 237-260. BÜCHNER, “evxila,sasqai”, 254. 74 C.H. DODD, “i`la,skesqai, Its Cognates, Derivatives, and Synonyms in 75 the Septuagint”, JTS 32 (1931) 352-360; T.W. MANSON, “i`lasth,rion”, JTS 46 (1945) 1-10; L. MORALDI, “Sensus vocis hilasterion in Rom 3,25”, VD 26 (1948) 257-276; S. LYONNET, “The Terminology of ‘Expiation’”, Sin, Re- demption, and Sacrifice. A Biblical and Patristic Study (eds. S. LYONNET - L. SABOURIN) (AnBib 48; Rome 1970) 124-126, 137-146, 147-166; K. GRAYSTON, “i`la,skesqai and Related Words in the LXX”, NTS 27 (1981) 640- 656; N.H. YOUNG, “C.H. Dodd, ‘Hilaskesthai’ and His Critics”, EvQ 48 (1976) 67-78; IDEM, “‘Hilaskesthai’ and Related Words in the New Testa- ment”, EvQ 55 (1983) 169-176; DO, “Jesus’ Death as Hilasmos”, 537-553; and IDEM, “The LXX Background of Hilasterion in Rom 3,25,” The Letter to the Romans (ed. U. SCHNELLE) (BETL 226; Leuven 2009) 641-657. © Gregorian Biblical Press 2013 - Tutti i diritti riservati