Imre Peres

Orfické zlaté lístky

Jan Roskovec

Motiv světla v Janově evangeliu

Jan Štefan

Vše, co podnikl, se zdařilo. Jan Milíč Lochman – komentovaná prohlídka díla světového českého theologa

Dávid Cielontko

Herodes, Židé a jeho odpůrci

Pavel Langhammer

Kritika Harnackovy historické metodologie v díle Podstata křesťanství z pohledu současné biblistiky

Ondřej Macek

Homiletická otázka je otázka otevřená

Rejstřík ročníku 28 (2022)

Autor:

Imre Peres

Abstrakt:

Orphic Gold Tablets

The Orphics (ὀρφικοί) were a religious movement originating sometime in the 7^th–6^th centuries BC in ancient Greece, but was gradually formed and evolved, adopting various elements from surrounding religious movements and cults. Its emergence was probably a result of various preconditions, but what is safely known is that it pioneered a so-called positive eschatology and offered the hope of afterlife communion with the heroes and gods. To affirm the hope of a positive afterlife, the dead were placed in their graves with golden petals on their chest or on their head, often in the shape of an ivy leaf, containing instruction on navigation in the underworld and how to get past its guardians to the coveted kingdom of Persephone. The texts also contained passwords that were supposed to ensure entry between the heroes and gods and meant a certain degree of deification of the dead. It is believed that sometime in the middle of his life – after the death of Socrates – even Plato himself joined this movement, and in his later works began to speak of the gods with greater respect and to elaborate more deeply on the fate of the soul after death. In his texts, some typical Orphic expressions appear. Orphism as a “revival movement” may also have had some influence on the formation of Christian eschatology. In any case, with its positive eschatology, it may have enabled the Christian mission to penetrate more effectively into the thought and beliefs of people of the time who, expected in their personal lives the positive eschatology that the Apostolic Church proclaimed and gradually completed.

Citace:

PERES, Imre. Orfické zlaté lístky. Teologická reflexe. 28/2 (2022), s. 121-136.

Klíčová slova:

Orphic Gold Tablets, Orphism, positive echatology, afterlife, ancient Greek religion

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/27880796.2022.2.1

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Autor:

Jan Roskovec

Abstrakt:

The Motif of Light in the Gospel of John

The metaphor of light is an important component of the theological and especially christological language of the Fourth Gospel. Jesus’ proclamation “I am the light of the world” occurs here in three variations, and other statements about light (and darkness) or day (and night) with more or less clear symbolic meaning pervade the whole of John’s writing. A clue to answering the question in what sense Jesus is the light, i.e. the source and orientation of life, is provided by the second part of Jesus’ statement in John 8:12: “he who follows me will not walk in darkness…” After clarifying the concept of following, the article shows how the Johannine statements about light form a coherent whole. The motif of light as an image of life (John 1:4, 9) helps to present life as a reality not immanent to people but coming from outside to them. Thus it points out Jesus’ soteriological significance as well as the indispensable quality of his earthly, historical existence, to which the fourth evangelist pays so noticeable interest.

Citace:

ROSKOVEC, Jan. Motiv světla v Janově evangeliu. Teologická reflexe. 28/2 (2022), s. 137-149.

Klíčová slova:

Gospel of John, light, darkness, Johannine Christology, following, imitation, Jesus of history, soteriological metaphors

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/27880796.2022.2.2

zveřejněno: 13. 12. 2022

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Autor:

Jan Štefan

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In All That He Did He Prospered.  Jan Milíč Lochman – a Guided Tour of the Work of the International Czech Theologian

The key lecture presented at the symposium on the 100^th birthday of the Reformed theologian Jan Milíč Lochman. Lochman taught systematic theology 1950–1968 in Prague, 1969–1992 in Basel. He is the author of many hundreds of professional studies and popular articles and about twenty Czech, Geman and English books in the fields of Historical Theology (ortho-practice of the Czech Reformation), Theological Ethics (Christian-Marxist dialogue) and Systematic Theology (dogmatic soteriology seeking a balance between theological verticalism and horizontalism). Lochman was a world-renowned popularizer of Czech thought and a master of dialogue between theologians, between churches, between theology and philosophy, religion and culture, faith and science. In his life, as in his academic and ecumenical work, he opposed all kinds of fatalism. As a formally dialectical and contextual theologian, he has always been – like his great compatriot Comenius – a theologian of hope.

Citace:

ŠTEFAN Jan. Vše, co podnikl, se zdařilo. Jan Milíč Lochman – komentovaná prohlídka díla světového českého theologa. Teologická reflexe. 28/2 (2022), s. 150-169.

Klíčová slova:

Jan Milíč Lochman, Czech Protestant Teology, Reformed Teology, Czech Re­formation, Comenius Faculty in Prague, University of Basel

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/27880796.2022.2.3

zveřejněno: 13. 12. 2022

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Autor:

Dávid Cielontko

Abstrakt:

Herod, Jews, and His Opponents

The reputation of the Jewish King Herod is closely linked to the legend of the massacre of the infants of Bethlehem from the Gospel of Matthew and to the hatred that Josephus Flavius says his own Jewish subjects had for him. In contrast to this tradition, this article, following contemporary Herodian scholarship, demonstrates that Herod was a good king to his subjects, who helped the Jews both within his kingdom and throughout the Roman Empire, and did much to make them visible and to protect them. It also argues that some of the negative texts about Herod, both from his reign and shortly after, should be read not as impartial historical judgments but as political propaganda by his political and religious opponents among the social elites.

Citace:

CIELONTKO, David. Herodes, Židé a jeho odpůrci. Teologická reflexe. 28/2 (2022), s. 170-193.

Klíčová slova:

Herod, Jews, Josephus, politics, opponents

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/27880796.2022.2.4

zveřejněno: 13. 12. 2022

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Autor:

Pavel Langhammer

Abstrakt:

A Critique of Harnack's Historical Methodology in his ‘What is Christianity?’ from a Perspective of Contemporary Biblical Sciences

Adolf von Harnack was a prominent representative of the so-called Liberal theology, and his 120 years old collection of lectures ‘What is Christianity?’ used to be very influential at the beginning of the 20th century. In these lectures, Harnack wants to use a purely historical method to uncover the essence of Christianity. However, his approach seems to neglect not only specific sources, like the Fourth Gospel, but also certain theological concepts, like Christology. After a brief introduction to Harnack himself and his influences, this study critically surveys the collection of lectures focusing on his methodological approach, sources used, and his refusal of Christology. It also shows how certain decisions Harnack makes during his course through the history of Christianity affected the results he yields. Finally, this study critiques his historical methodology and offers different approaches of contemporary that render Harnack’s methodology obsolete.

Citace:

LANGHAMMER, Pavel. Kritika Harnackovy historické metodologie v díle Podstata křesťanství z pohledu současné biblistiky. Teologická reflexe. 28/2 (2022), s. 194-215.

Klíčová slova:

Adolf von Harnack, historical methodology, christology, mnemohistory

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/27880796.2022.2.5

zveřejněno: 13. 12. 2022

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Autor:

Ondřej Macek

Abstrakt:

The Homiletic Question is an Open Question

The professor of practical theology, Josef Smolík (1922–2009), whose hundredth anniversary of birth was in March of this year, concluded his textbook on homiletics with the remark that until the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven we will seek means of conveying the Gospel to our contemporaries. The present article points out several contemporary homiletic questions. It focuses, for instance, on the views of Manfred Josuttis, Christian Möller, Isolde Karle, Albrecht Grözinger, Helmut Schwier, Birgit Weyel, Wilhelm Gräb, Hans-Günter Heimbrock, etc., on the power of God, on the role of the pastor as a witness, on the reflection of the listener and his world, and also on the place of the sermon in a church service. The article is divided into five sub-chapters: sermon, listener, pastor, Bible, church service. Special focus is given to topics in material homiletics.

Citace:

MACEK, Ondřej. Homiletická otázka je otázka otevřená. Teologická reflexe. 28/2 (2022), s. 216-228.

Klíčová slova:

sermon, listener, pastor, Bible, church service

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/27880796.2022.2.6

zveřejněno: 13. 12. 2022

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