According to the story of Joseph in Egypt (Gen 37–50), Joseph, a powerless foreign slave, became “king” in spite of intrigues, enmities, and false charges against him. The criteria for judging strength and weakness, wealth and poverty, are not of a material and social but of a moral nature, which is why in the Bible there is an organic link between the seeming weakness of God and man and the actual power that manifests itself in spiritual elevation. The paper aims to show how social and religious ideas were developed in the period of Middle Ages and later by those who utilized the biblical story in literary texts
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 33594413Hebrew monotheism has several interdependent characteristics: God is the beginning and the end of everything so far created; consequently, mankind and Israel can prosper only if they preserve a vital link with God the Creator who acts as person. Because humans too are personal beings, their relationship to God and to their fellow men is based on sublime divine actions in the sacred history. Evil is not independent in origin; it could be generated only by created beings. God’s offer to Israel has the binding force of a covenant, animated by the parent/child relationship or the one between spouses. The event of Creation and the basic link between God, humankind and the covenant people exclude the possibility of total separation. The interrelation of these presuppositions implies the distinctive biblical way to reconciliation. God is unconditionally bound to the chosen people and promises a final completion of salvation in reconciliation.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 33268269The aim of the paper is to deal with literary depictions of Jews in Cankarʼs works, with the thesis that the stereotyped portrayal of Jews in literature is not in itself a certain indication of how Cankar reacted to prejudices against Jews. The autobiography by the Austrian writer of Jewish origin Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday, offers an additional basis for understanding the sociological, psychological, historical and ideological background to anti-Semitism within the broader framework of the attitude of people to foreign ethnic and religious groups.
B.06 Other
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