Karasszon István. Isten haragja
The study tackles the issue of the anger of God as is spoken of in 2Kings 3. The war of Israelite kings against Mesha, king of Moab, is mentioned in the inscription of the Moabite king also, with the exception of the participation of the king of Edom which occurs in the biblical narrative. Since the inscription of Mesha refers to the anger of Chemos, God of Moab, there is a good basis of comparison of the concept of the perception of transcendence. The study concludes that the anger of God in Israel was a communicative tool: the biblical narrative expresses by this way that the behaviour of the people of God was incorrect. In the Moabite inscription it is rather the expression of a historical fact: the foreign yoke meant simply the anger of Chemosh.
Keywords: anger, grace, Israel, Moab, Mesha, Chemosh
