Abortion justified?

The misunderstanding of reading and spurious interpretation of Exodus 21.22-25; Numbers 5.11-31; Psalms 139.16

Authors

  • Leonardo Agostini Fernandes Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25188/FLT-VoxScript(eISSN2447-7443)vXXVI.n3.p439-461.LAF

Keywords:

Abortion, Lex talionis, Ritual of the ordeal, Embryo, Spurious readings

Abstract

From the Hebrew text, four translations are presented that are references and used in the religious and in the academic contexts. Following this, a personal translation is offered and the texts in question are analyzed. From its literary contextualization, a brief comment is proposed. The aim is to understand these texts in order to elucidate the misunderstanding of reading and the spurious interpretation that can result when both are made and are based only on the translations and not on the original language in which the text was written.

Author Biography

  • Leonardo Agostini Fernandes

    Leonardo Agostini (Dr.) é sacerdote do clero secular da Arquidiocese de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. Docente de Sagrada Escritura do Departamento de Teologia da PUC-Rio e do ISTARJ. Membro da Associazione Biblica Italiana (ABI), da Associação Bíblica Brasileira (ABIB), da Sociedade de Teologia e Ciências da Religião (SOTER), da Society Biblical Literature (SBL), e integra o grupo de pesquisa de Tradução e Interpretação do Antigo Testamento (TIAT) da PUCSP. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6431968963433274 // E-mail: laf2007@puc-rio.br.

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Published

2025-05-05

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 3 (2018): Estudos Exegéticos do Antigo e do Novo Testamento

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How to Cite

Abortion justified? The misunderstanding of reading and spurious interpretation of Exodus 21.22-25; Numbers 5.11-31; Psalms 139.16. (2025). Vox Scripturae, 26(3), 439-461. https://doi.org/10.25188/FLT-VoxScript(eISSN2447-7443)vXXVI.n3.p439-461.LAF