Symposium Volume

This page contains articles (separate chapters) published in the symposium volume

The Old Testament as Inspiration in Culture: International Academic Symposium – Prague, September 1995,
edited by Jan Heller, Shemaryahu Talmon, Hana Hlaváčková and Martin Prudký (executive editor),
published by Mlýn, Třebenice 2001 for the Center for Biblical Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Charles University in Prague,
205 + XVI Pages [ISBN: 80-902296-8-9]

The symposium was organised by

• Charles University in Prague
• The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  in cooperation with:
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

CONTENTS:

• Front page & last page (25 kB)
• Contents (35 kB)
• Editor's Preface – Martin Prudký (20 kB)

  1. Introduction

• 1.1 "The Old Testament in the Arts" Festival – Dr. Moshe Yegar, Ambassador of Israel (27 kB)
• 1.2 The Hebrew Bible as Inspiration in Culture (Introduction) – Shemaryahu Talmon (65 kB)

  2. Studies in Theology and Philosophy

• 2.1 Inspiration und Kommunikation nach Gen 2,7 – Jan Heller (46 kB)
• 2.2 Naomi and Ruth: the Birth of the Son: In Reference to a Painting of Willem Drost – Karel Deurloo (55 kB), see also Illustrations #1-2 (19.727 kB !)
• 2.3 "You Shall Not Make Yourself an Image". The Intention and Implications of the Second Commandment – Martin Prudký (130 kB); version with full size illustration - 1.042 kB !
• 2.4 Archetypologie der bildenden (und der Bau-) Kunst Israels in Tanach – Milan Balabán (61 kB)

  3. Studies in Czech and Slovak Bible Translations

• 3.1 Old Testament Poetry - Czech and Slovak Translations and Transformations – Stanislav Segert (54 kB)

  4. Studies in the Bible and the Visual Arts

• 4.1 A Unique Depiction of a Scene From the Book of Jonah in a 13th Century Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript – Shemaryahu Talmon (1.384 kB !); version with full size illustrations - 11.711 kB!
• 4.2 Die gotischen Wandgemälde im Kreuzgange des Emmausklosters – Zuzana Všetečková (75 kB)
• 4.3 The Tower of Babel in the Bedford Book of Hours – Mira Friedman (46 kB)
• 4.4 The Iconography of the Biblical Cycle of the Second Nuremberg and the Yahudah Haggadot: Tradition and Innovation – Katrin Kogman-Appel (75 kB), see also Illustrations #3-16 (19.727 kB !)
• 4.5 Old Testament Scenes in the Bible of King Wenceslas IV – Hana Hlaváčková (48 kB)

  5. Studies in the Bible and Music

• 5.1 Makkabäische Inspiration des hussitischen Chorals "Ktož jsú Boží bojovníci"
  ("Ihr, die die Kämpfer Gottes und seines Gesetzes seid") – František J. Holeček (126 kB)
• 5.2 Violent Embraces: Monastic Representations of the Old Testament – M. Burcht Pranger (72 kB)

  6. Studies in the Bible and Literature

• Die Bibel in den Erzählungen von Bruno Schulz – Stefan Schreiner (84 kB)

  7. Zusammenfassungen (Jan Heller) (32 kB)

  8. List of Participants (29 kB)

  Illustrations to article 2.2 and 4.4 (19.727 kB !)

Questions, remarks, comments are to be sent to Dr. Martin Prudky.

(mp / last modification 29.11.2001 )