Drabina Jakubowa jako krzyż = Jacob’s ladder as a cross
In Judeo-Christian theology, as in Hellenistic Christianity, the cross of Jesus was a fundamental problem. Until the time of Constantine in the Imperial community it was a sign of disgrace. For Christians the cross was a sign of salvation. The theological problem was caused by the inclusion of the c...
| Subtitles: | Jacob’s ladder as a cross |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Polish |
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Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego
2010
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Studia religiologica
Year: 2010, Volume: 43, Pages: 29-34 |
| Further subjects: | B
badania porównawcze religii
B historia religii B filozofia religiistudia religiologica B psychologia religii B Religia B antropologia religii B socjologii religii B Religijność B wuj B wydawnictwo uj B religioznawstwo |
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| Summary: | In Judeo-Christian theology, as in Hellenistic Christianity, the cross of Jesus was a fundamental problem. Until the time of Constantine in the Imperial community it was a sign of disgrace. For Christians the cross was a sign of salvation. The theological problem was caused by the inclusion of the cross as a positive symbol in a general and religious sense. In Judeo-Christian theology a method of typology was used which was known also in Jewish exegesis. The cross as a symbol of salvation was predicted among others by ”Jacob’s ladder” (cf. Genesis 28,12). Christians understood it as a cosmic cross on which Logos (the Son of God) had descended to earth, and as a path to salvation for people ascending to heaven. From ”Jacob’s ladder” only certain details were chosen for the exegesis: ”the wood of the ladder/cross”, the motif of descent and ascent. In this way the typology of the ”ladder of the cross” allowed the meaning of the cross as a symbol of the shame of Jesu’s death sentence to win out |
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| ISSN: | 2084-4077 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia religiologica
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