“The Jewish Question” in Usable Religious Literature. Analysis of the contents of the Prayer Book Machzor li-Jom Kipur Cover Image

„Kwestia żydowska” w literaturze religijnej. Analiza treści modlitewnika Machzor li-Jom Kipur
“The Jewish Question” in Usable Religious Literature. Analysis of the contents of the Prayer Book Machzor li-Jom Kipur

Author(s): Agata Rybińska
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, History of Judaism, Other Language Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , History of Antisemitism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: “Jewish question”; prayer book; Machsor; Yom Kippur; Haskalah; Jewish identity; linguistic image of the world; cultural codes

Summary/Abstract: The analysis of the prayer contained in the Hebrew-Russian prayer book allows to describe the linguistic image of God and his people — Israel/Jews. Appealing to the patriarchs, to the covenant between God and Israel, to the Torah, Jerusalem and temple worship, that is, the centuries-long Jewish religious tradition, are cultural codes, and at the same time key components of Jewish identity. They are a point of reference in considering so called the Jewish question, taking into account primarily the Jewish perspective, not the Christian one.

  • Issue Year: 1/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-16
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish