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Shining. Looking at Our Reflections in Kryjówki. Architektura przetrwania by Natalia Romik

Summary/Abstract: The author chose as the point of departure for his reflections on the meaning of the sacrifice of thanksgiving in the Old Testament ritual thanksgiving psalms, recognised usually by the presence of words originating from the Hebrew jada – give thanks. Such phrases as hodu – give thanks or toda can be also found in the Psalms. In addition, the word hoda’ah means, first of all, to recognise. Gratitude thus will assume the character of thanksgiving only when it contains the activity of recognition and appreciation. Thanksgiving psalms are also built on a death-life thematic contraposition resulting in a diametrical turn in existence. The expression of such a state involves sacrifices which, according to the Rabbi Kahane Midrash, affect the cosmic sphere. Offering them is then identical with the creation of Heaven and Earth. What, therefore, consists the foundation of the sacrificial in the Tanach? What steered it and endowed it with significance? What is the role of thanksgiving in this process, and to whom is it addressed today?

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