Biblical studies












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            * Biblical studies
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            Biblical studies have for a long time been among the disciplines at the Protestant Theolog

            with the highest profile, and a correspondingly large number of staff. Since 1999 the Depa
            Testament Studies and New Testament Studies have been strengthened by institutional cooper
            academic institutions, together with which they established the Centre for Biblical Studie

            of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Charles University in Prague.
            The research is focused in particular on the study of biblical texts from the literary poi
            that of literary history. For a long time the attention was devoted to the literary herita

            that is part of the context of biblical studies (such as Aramaic epigraphy, New Testament 
            and Gnostic literature), and to the history of the relevant regions, their culture, and th

            (including institutional cooperation with the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv Univers
            Lautenschläger Azeka Expedition). A specific feature of the research is an interest in met
            hermeneutic questions, and in the later impact and reception of the biblical texts.

            For the period 2012–2018 the Centre for Biblical Studies has received significant grant su
            Czech Science Foundation for the major interdisciplinary project “The History and Interpre
            Bible”.





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            * Selected outputs
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            • POKORNÝ, Petr. Hermeneutics as a Theory of Understanding. Eerdmanns: Grand Rapids 2011 [
              978-0-8028-2721-0].
            • DUŠEK, Jan. Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and Samaria between Antioch

              Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 54), Brill: Leiden 
              978-90-04-18385-8].
            • SLÁMA, Petr. Nové teologie Starého zákona a dějiny. Vyšehrad: Praha 2013 [ISBN: 978-80-7

              theologies of the Old Testament and History}.