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Facing Anti-Judaism in the Romanian Orthodox and the Liturgical Texts? Cover

Facing Anti-Judaism in the Romanian Orthodox and the Liturgical Texts?

Open Access
|Aug 2019

Abstract

The modern problem of political correctness appeared recently in the Romanian Orthodox Church too and produced different reactions. In this paper I want to discuss the anti-Judaic language that can be encountered in the cult, particularly during the Holy Week, and the solutions to treat these expressions. In the Catholic and Protestant world, the anti-Judaic speech was abandoned,1 so it seems that only the Orthodox churches have kept the texts that might be deemed as offensive for the Jewish people. As we shall observe, the Romanian Orthodox Church offers an interesting case on this issue. Beside the liturgical texts, I will also approach the problem of the accommodation of the biblical texts in the Orthodox Church, since some modern translations have pushed the modification so far.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2019-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2359-8107 | Journal ISSN: 2359-8093
Language: English, German
Page range: 237 - 252
Published on: Aug 8, 2019
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2019 Alexandru Mihăilă, published by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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