Prof. Petr Pokorný: 1933-2020
In the early morning of 18 January, Prof. Petr Pokorný, an outstanding New Testament theologian and Dean of our Faculty in 1996-1999, died after a short illness at the age of 86.
Prof. Pokorný was also a philosopher and historian, and was co-founder of the Centre for Biblical Studies of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University. He was Director of the Centre in 1998-2010. His obituary with details of his professional career can be found here.
The funeral will be held in the congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in the Vinohrady district of Prague, address Korunní 60, on Saturday, 25 January 2020, at 14:00.
20 January 2020
Oznamujeme, že studijní oddělení bude 19. 12. 2019 - 1. 1. 2020 UZAVŘENO.
Děkujeme za pochopení.
19 December 2019
Guest lecture:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Römer: "Kiriath Jearim and the Ark Traditions in the Hebrew Bible"
6 December 2019
Block seminar: "The Political Functions of the Pre-Priestly Abraham Traditions & Cultic Diversity and Cult centralization in the so-called Deuteronomistic History"
5 December 2019
All those interested are invited to take part in the block seminar "Judah in the Shephaleh: Recent Developments in Tel Beth Shemesh", which will be led by Alexandra Wrathall from Tel Aviv University and will take place on Thursday, 21 November from 9:00 to 12:30 in the Small Lecture Hall on the first floor of the Faculty building.
14 November 2019
The Institute for Ecumenical Studies, in cooperation with the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University, invites you to the 49th seminar for people interested in theology on the theme "Pesach and the Lord's Supper in Interreligious Dialogue".
The lectures and workshops will be led by rabbis and a professor from Israel.
During the seminar we will learn about the Jewish roots of the Lord's Supper and the development of the ritual of the Pesach in Jewish communities. On Friday we are invited to participate in the evening prayer in a synagogue.
The seminar will be held in the large lecture hall on the first floor of the Protestant Theological Faculty, Černá 9, Prague 1. It will start on Friday 22 November at 16:00 and will continue all day on Saturday 23 November.
To register for the seminar or for more information: tkt@etf.cuni.cz
7 November 2019
You are all warmly invited to a lecture, followed by discussion, by the visiting professor Dr. James D. Moore from the Humboldt University in Berlin
on the theme "New Aramaic Papyri in the Berlin Museum: Rethinking Persian Period Judean History and Religion"
which will take place on
Tuesday 3 December 2019 at 11:00
in lecture room E (room no. 308 on the third floor)
Language of lecture: English
7 November 2019
Srdečně zveme na blokový seminář JUDAH IN THE SHEPHELAH: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TEL BETH SHEMESH, jehož hostem bude Alexandra Wrathall z telavivského institutu archeologie. Seminář proběhne ve ČTVRTEK 21. listopadu na ETF UK od 9:00 do 12:30 v posluchárně MP, 1.patro.
informace a kontakt: doc.Filip Čapek Ph.D.
3 November 2019
This autumn sees the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Protestant Theological Faculty in Prague in 1919.
To mark the occasion the Faculty will be holding a series of events on 10-12 November 2019.
They will start with a church service in the church of St Martin in the Wall (Martinská 8, Prague 1) on Sunday, 10 November at 19:30. On Monday 11 November at 15:00 Prof. Manfred Oeming from Heidelberg University will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Charles University in the Carolinum building (Ovocný trh 541/3, Prague 1), and the celebrations will conclude with a syposium on the theme "100 Years of Protestant Theology" in the Faculty building at Černá 9, Prague 1, on Tuesday 12 November.
7 October 2019
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Protestant Theological Faculty
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Czech Republic
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