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Krytyka tekstologiczna i historyczna passusów Talmudu o Jezusie i chrześcijaństwie

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Wróbel M. S.

Estetyka i Krytyka

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2012

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issue 3(27)

15-50

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In the present article the author makes analysis of Talmudic passages which explicite or implicite refer to Jesus and Christianity. These texts are translated into Polish, and explained by a concise commentary which is based on textual and historical analysis. The article pays attention on anti-Christian potential in Jewish literature which is the result of polemic between Judaism and Christianity about the identity of verus Israel. First the passages about Jesus are analyzed in which he is described as Jeszu(a) (ha-Nocri), Ben Pandera, Ben Stada (Stara), Balaam, Peloni, Mamzer. Then the texts about Christians are marked off in which they are described as minim and nocrim. This article can be used to an authentic dialogue between Jews and Christians about past, presence and future.

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The Vivified Sacrificial Rites as the Site of Conflation of Man and Animal in Adele Wiseman’s "The Sacrifice"

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Tazbir J.

Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre

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2018

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vol. 5

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issue 1

43-54

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The article juxtaposes two explanations of the ancient phenomenon of sacrifice, one of which, formulated by René Girard, emphasizes the aspects of scapegoating and transference of people’s violent inclinations, while the other, developed by Jonathan Klawans and focused on the ancient Israeli sacrificial customs, attributes chief significance to the notions of purity, defilement, and achieving the state of imitatio Dei by the offerer. Though these explanations are at odds in many respects, with Klawans being vocally critical of Girard’s approach, the article seeks to present both of them as applicable to the context of a contemporary sacrifice depicted in Adele Wiseman’s novel, The Sacrifice. Its protagonist, the article argues, finds a way of blending these two orders together largely by the use of the mental figure of the animal, the projection of which onto his victim allows him to perceive her in dualistic manner, as simultaneously sacred and wicked. In the light of this, the ostensibly morally sanctioned practice of ancient Abrahamic sacrifice is shown to contain an unaccounted for potential to instigate ruinous acts, and the figure of the animal, within a situation characterized by the blurring of boundaries and distinctions, with which a sacrificial crisis is unalterably associated, attains an ambiguous, if not sinister, significance.

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The Representation of Jewishness in the Work of Viktor Fischl

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Halamová M.

Slovo a smysl - Word & Sense

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2022

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vol. 19

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issue 39

210-222

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This contribution presents the author’s representation of Jewishness as it was formed from the beginnings of his artistic output, first of all in his early poetry from the 1930s and subsequently after the Second World War, when he elaborated upon the theme of Jewishness in his prose texts. His poetic texts reveal how the historical events of the second half of the 1930s affected his as yet unstabilised poetics, inclining towards the depiction of a timid and tender subject, and shifted his work towards the construction of a suprapersonal Jewish identity (Hebrejské melodie — Hebrew Melodies, Kniha nocí — The Book of Nights, Sonáta z konce tisíciletí — Sonata from the End of the Millennium, Když — When, Variace na téma z Kiplinga — Variations on a Theme from Kipling). At the same time it is necessary to state that his work also accentuates images referring generally to the oppressive existential or marginal situation of humanity (Kniha nocí, Litanie k času — Litany to Time). In his postwar prose output Fischl first of all thematised the search for an obliterated Jewish identity (Píseň o lítosti — Song of Pity), and in later texts (Jeruzalémský triptych — Jerusalem Triptych) he then focused on a presentation of the Holocaust as a memento of the Jews, which was intended to refer not only to Jewish victims, but rather to impel us all to search for the traditional values of humanity. This theme corresponds with his post-war conception of humanising the world, in which literature is to play an important role in restoring order in the world.

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The Holocaust between Pop Literature and High Literature: Maxim Biller’s Inside the Head of Bruno Schulz

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Ibler R.

Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne

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2023

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issue 24

65-83

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Maxim Biller, one of the most prominent, but also most controversial German-Jewish authors, is an important figure in modern Holocaust literature. After a short introduction to his early journalistic and literary oeuvre dealing with the Holocaust, we will focus on his novella Inside the Head of Bruno Schulz from 2013. A short outline of the story will be followed by a detailed analysis of therole the Holocaust plays in this story, especially with regard to the two protagonists, Bruno Schulz and Thomas Mann. It will be shown that the pop-literary provocations that dominate Billers’ early works, are now displaced by clear tendencies towards a high literary, artistic standard, which are characteristic for the developments of modern Holocaust literature in general.

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In the Interstices of Languages and Cultures. Julian Stryjkowski – a Polish Writer of Jewish Origin

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Piekarski I.

Colloquia Humanistica

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2014

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issue 3

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In the Interstices of Languages and Cultures. Julian Stryjkowski – a Polish Writer of Jewish OriginThe following sketch is a depiction of a prewar stage of life as well as work of Julian Stryjkowski who was a Polish writer of Jewish origin. Identity quandary of the author of Voices in the Dark was presented against the background of changes taking place in the Jewish world at the turn of the twentieth century juxtaposed with the parallel choices of Shmuel Josef Agnon and Isaac Bashevis Singer. The aim of the essay is to present the role of the language of writing in the process of shaping authors' personal identity.W szczelinach języków i kultur. Julian Stryjkowski - polski pisarz żydowskiego pochodzeniaJest to szkic o przedwojennym etapie życia i twórczości Juliana Stryjkowskiego - polskiego pisarza żydowskiego pochodzenia. Tożsamościowe rozterki twórcy Głosów w ciemności ukazane zostały na tle przemian modernizacyjnych postoświeceniowego żydostwa i zestawione z paralelnymi wyborami Szmuela Josefa Agnona i Izaaka Baszewisa Singera. Głównym celem artykułu jest ukazanie roli języka twórczości w kształtowaniu osobowej tożsamości pisarzy.

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A Journey to the Land Zeka: The Poetic Enigma of Julius Margolin

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Katsman R.

Slavia Orientalis

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2018

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vol. LXVII

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issue 4

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“The most famous Jew outside the Old Testament”: Recontextualizing Shakespeare in Clive Sinclair’s Shylock Must Die

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Anténe P.

Iudaica Russica

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2022

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issue 1(8)

1-13

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Wydany pośmiertnie zbiór opowiadań Shylock Must Die (“Szajlok musí umrzeć”, 2018) brytyjskiego pisarza żydowskiego pochodzenia Clive'a Sinclaira na wiele twórczych sposobów nawiązuje do sztuki Szekspira Kupiec wenecki. Historie te podejmują główne wątki antysemityzmu właśnie z Kupca weneckiego, z Shylockiem jako głównym bohaterem żydowskim na czele, ale ich akcja rozgrywa się zazwyczaj nie w renesansie, lecz w XX lub XXI wieku. Niektóre z opowiadań są odpowiedzią na ważne przedstawienia Kupca weneckiego na całym świecie, np. w Sztokholmie w 1944 r., w Londynie w 2012 r. czy w Wenecji z okazji 500. rocznicy założenia getta żydowskiego w 2016 r. Opowiadania zawierają również elementy tragikomiczne, co jest cechą charakterystyczną literatury żydowskiej.

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Выпущенный посмертно сборник коротких рассказов британско-еврейского писателя Клайва Синклера Shylock Must Die (“Шейлок должен умереть”, 2018) по-новому подходит к Венецианскому Купцу Шекспира. Рассказы берут из пьесы темы антисемитизма и Шейлока в качестве главного героя-еврея, но действие их происходит в XX или XXI веке вместо эпохи Ренессанса. Некоторые из рассказов реагируют на известные постановки пьесы: стокгольмскую 1944-го года, лондонскую 2012-го года или венецианскую 2016-го года, в котором отметили 500 лет с момента основания еврейского гетто в Венеции. Рассказы также включают в себя трагикомические элементы, присущие еврейской литературе.

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The posthumously published short story collection Shylock Must Die (2018) by the British Jewish writer Clive Sinclair works with Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice in a variety of creative ways. The short stories borrow from The Merchant of Venice especially the theme of antisemitism and Shylock as the main Jewish character but are usually set in the 20th or 21st century rather than in the Renaissance. Some stories react to notable productions of the play across the globe, e.g. in Stockholm in 1944, London in 2012 or in Venice in 2016, the year of the quincentennial commemorations of the foundation of the Venetian ghetto. The stories also include tragicomic elements as typical features of Jewish literature.

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Metoda braku, czyli w szponach nadinterpretacji

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Żurek S. J.

Pamiętnik Literacki

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2023

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vol. 114

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issue 2

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