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Biblijna definicja oraz tajemnica ojczyzny
The Biblical Definition and Mystery of the Fatherland

Author(s): Michał Klinger
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Jewish studies, Theology and Religion
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: anthropology;Bible;fatherland;messianism;

Summary/Abstract: From its onset the Holy Writ (Deuteronomium – Prophets) is ”history” (Toledot): the history of the family of Abraham, the Nation of Moses, and the kingdom of David. The Covenant: the promise of the Land and the continuum of generations, leads through history. This ”Testament” confronts, also morally, the ethnic-historical reality of Others and strangers. The Law conceals a definition of the “fatherland” devised in the history of the Patriarchs, extremely universal and topical up to this day. From the time of the Tower of Babel, the actual experience of the fatherland and hope for the Land must be exclusivist (vis a vis the Semitic “brethren” – the Arabs) but morally and spiritually it confronts the ominous Mystery. All the ”messianic nations” must possess an identical (self-questioning) consciousness.

  • Issue Year: 316/2017
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 41-46
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish