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Dt. Bauforscher und Archäologe. Geb. am 26. 12. 1853 in Barmen, gest. am 25. 4. 1940 in Nidri auf Lefkas. 1873–1876 Studium der Architektur an der Bauakademie in Berlin; 1876 Bauführer-Examen; 1882 Dr. phil. h. c. in Würzburg. 1887–1912 Leiter des DAI in Athen; 1923 Honorar-Prof. in Jena. Werdegang D.s Persönlichkeit war geprägt vom Humanismus seines Vaters, des Pädagogen Friedrich Wilhelm D., und von einer mathematisch-naturwiss. Begabung. Entscheidend für seinen wiss. Werdegang war das Studium bei dem Bauhistoriker Friedrich Adler, der i…

German architect and archaeologist. Born 26. 12. 1853 in Barmen (Wuppertal), died at Nidri on Lefkas, 25. 4. 1940. 1873–1876 studied architecture at Bauakademie in Berlin; 1876 graduate in architectural studies; 1882 Dr. phil. h. c. at Würzburg. 1887–1912 head of the DAI in Athens; 1923 honorary prof. at Jena. Career D.’s character was shaped by the Humanism of his father, the pedagogue Friedrich Wilhelm D., and by his gifts for mathematics and science. His studies with the architectural historian Friedrich Adler proved formative for his scholar…

[German Version] Memra, Aramaic מימר/ mymr or מימרא/ mymr' (from אמר/ 'mr, “say, speak”) means “word,” “speech,” and is found in the targumim (Bible translations: I, 4) in the stereotyped expression “the word of YHWH.” In manuscripts and printings, the tetragram is replaced by the Hebrew letters he or by two yudim, to show that it should not be pronounced but be replaced by Adonai (“Lord”). Thus, this expression is comparable to other paraphrases of God's name in rabbinic tradition, such as maqom (literally “place”, i.e. God's omnipresence), shamaim (“heaven”), ha-gevura (“power,” in…

[German Version] (from the Heb. הלך/ hlḥ; literally “to go, to walk”) described, in rabbinic usage, “the (particular) standardized religious rule, the prevailing precept” (Bacher), and later it also stood for Judaism's entire legal system. In addition to the Haggadah, i.e. the non-legal matters, the Halakhah represents one of the two main strands of rabbinic tradition. In this, the former is not of a legally binding character, and no Halakhah may be derived from the Haggadah. As for the derivation of the term Halakhah, the biblical usage of the verb הלך, as especially encountered in …

[German Version] I. General Preaching (from Lat. praedicare, “proclaim publicly”) is spiritual or religious speech, in contrast, for example, to forensic speech, political speech, or celebratory speech. Its setting is the worship of the community (Ministerial offices), church activities such as evangelism, devotions (Devotion [Attitude]), and ordinations (Consecration/Ordination/Dedication), and – in various forms – the media (see IV below). ¶ Communication in preaching, reduced to its basic elements, can be represented as a triangle of the preacher, th…

[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. New Testament – IV. Christianity – V. Judaism I. Religious Studies Joy is a universal human emotion with many forms of expression, ranging from laughter to jubilation, singing, and dancing. Joy can become ritualized in religions. Nearly all religious feasts (Feasts and Festivals) offer an opportunity for communal entertainment and joy, often in conjunction with music, dancing, and singing. In a number of cases, as in the Greco-Roman cults of Attis …

[German Version] or fringes (Heb. ṣîṣit/ tsitsit) are attached to the four ends of the Prayer shawl (tallit) as a reminder of God’s commandments. The custom of wearing these ¶ fringes or tassels is based on Num 15:37–41, a text that is also part of the Shema (esp. v. 38: “. . . . tell them to sew tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations and to put a blue cord on the tassel at each corner”) and Deut 22:12 (“You shall make tassels on the four corners of the cloak with which you cover yourself ”); i…

[German Version] I. History of Religion – II. Old Testament – III. Judaism – IV. New Testament – V. History of Theology – VI. Creation and Preservation – VII. Religious Education – VIII. Islam – IX. Science – X. Art History I. History of Religion …

[German Version] (Aramaicized form, Aggada), derived from Hebrew נגד/ ngd “to recount,” “to tell,” is already defined in medieval Jewish tradition, mostly negatively, as the non-legal branch of rabbinic literature and was employed as a complement to Halakhah. The source for the Haggadah is the material of the Hebrew Bible, which is presented – sometimes simply retold, sometimes supplemented with many new details – with educational, parenetic, promissory or some other homiletic intention and interpreted in relation to current life circumstances. The individual stateme…

[German Version] I. Antiquity The Shema (שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל) is named from the initial words of Deut 6:4–9 (“Hear, O Israel: The Lord your God is one”). Together with the ‘Amida (Prayer: XI, ¶ 1), it is one of the cornerstones of Jewish worship (II, 3.a; Liturgy: VII), being recited during morning prayers ( Shacharit…

[German Version] (Heb. חֲנוֹך/ Ḥanôḥ, Gk Ἐνώχ/ Enṓch) is, according to the source transmitted in Gen 4:17f. and attributed by biblical scholars to the Yahwist (Pentateuch), the son of Cain after whom his father named a ¶ city; in contrast, according to Priestly source (Gen 5:1ff.), as the son of Jared and father of Methuselah, he was a descendant of Seth (the name also occurs in Gen 25:4; 1 Chr 1:33 – son of Midian, grandson of Abraham; Exod 6:14; 1 C…

[German Version] I. The Concept – II. Religious Studies – III. History – IV. Philosophy of Religion – V. Practical Theology – VI. Islamic Mysticism – VII. Hindu Mysticism – VIII. Taoist Mysticism I. The Concept The concept of mysticism is closely linked to the development of the history of religion in Europe and the term must not be taken and applied uncritically as a general term for a phenomenologically determined group of phenomena in other religions (see also II, 3 below). Attempts at definition are either phenomenolog…

[German Version] one of the leading aristocratic families in the Second Temple period. In the time of Nehemiah and until the mid-2nd century bce it at times played an important part in the economic and political life of Judaism (I), as can be seen from documents of the archive of Zenon, an official at the court of the Ptole-¶ maic King Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic dynasty). Joseph, Tobias’s son, was particularly influential: he contrived to turn to his own advantage a quarrel between Onias II (Oniad family) and the Ptolemaic king, and acted as a s…

[German Version] I. Terminology – II.#x2002;Ancient Near East and Old Testament – III.#x2002;Greco-Roman Antiquity – IV. Judaism – V. Christianity – VI. History of Modern Science I. Terminology Cosmology is a specific culture's orientation in space and time as conceived in words, images, and rituals. The ori…

[German Version] A prayer shawl (Heb. tallit) is a rectangular scarf, usually of wool but today often made of silk, corresponding to the outer garment worn by men during antiquity; eight tassels or fringes (Heb. ziziot) are attached to its four corners as reminder…

[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Judaism – III. Christianity – IV. Islam …

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[German Version] Phylacteries (Heb. tefillin) are two black cube-shaped capsules (Heb. bayit, “house”), that are “positioned” by leather straps on the left upper arm (also called “hand” or “arm phylacteries”), “over the heart,” and “between the eyes” (“head phylacteries”). Both capsules contain the four Bible passages Exod 13:1–10 (sanctification of the firstborn, Passover); Exod 13:11–16 (exodus from Egypt); Deut 6:4–9 (the one God, the call to love and obey him); and Deut 11:13–21 (acknowledgment of God’…

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[German Version] feast of “rejoicing in the Torah” on 22 Tishri in Israel (the eighth and last day of the Feast of Booths [Feasts and festivals: III]), on 23 Tishri in the Diaspora. On this day the annual cycle of Torah readings is concluded and immediately begun again, to emphasize that study of Torah never ends. The lector who reads the final section of Deuteronomy is called chatan Tora, “bridegroom of the Torah,” and the lector who reads the first section from Genesis is called chatan bereshit, “bridegroom of Genesis” (generally the rabbi of the synagogue, a biblical scholar, or one of the dignitaries of the congregation; also children or young people). The Talmud does not mention this festival, and even gaonic literature (Gaon) contains few references to it. Its emergence was probably associated with the adoption of the one-year Babylonian lectionary cycle instead of the three-year Palestinian cycle. During the Middle Ages and the early modern period, the festival was further elaborated; today it is observed primarily in festive processions with Torah scrolls, accompanied by singing and dancing. In congregations that are not Orthodox, in wh…

[German Version] I. Ethiopic Enoch – II. Slavonic Enoch – III. Hebrew Enoch I. Ethiopic Enoch Ethiopic Enoch (or 1 Enoch) contains the most extensive collection of apocalyptic Enoch traditions; they are preserved in their entirety only in Ethiopic, since this book enjoyed special esteem in the Ethiopian Church, and it has even been included in the Old Testament canon since the 15th century. The importance of the book in Second Temple Judaism is indicated by the many text fragments in the original Aramaic found at Qumran, which have laid a new foundation for study of the work. The New Testament also contains allusions to 1 En. (cf. Jude 6 and 2 Pet 2:4 with …

[English Version] I. AntikeDas Sh. (שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל), benannt nach den Anfangsworten von Dtn 6,4–9 (»Höre I…

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[English Version] I. Allgemein P. (von lat. praedicare, »öfftl. bekannt machen«) ist geistl. bzw. rel. Rede im Unterschied etwa zur Gerichtsrede, der polit. Rede oder der Festrede. Sie hat ihren Ort im Gottesdienst der Gemeinde (Kasualien), bei verschiedenen kirchl. Anlässen (Evangelisation, Andacht, Weihe/Weihehandlungen etc.) und vielgestaltig in den Medien (s.u. VI.). Die Kommunikation in der P. läßt sich elementarisiert darstellen als Geschehen im Dreieck von Prediger, Text und Hörer (s.u. IV. …

[English Version] Tobiaden, eine der führenden aristokratischen Familien z.Z. des Zweiten Tempels, die in der Zeit von Nehemia bis zur Mitte des 2.Jh. v.Chr. zeitweise eine wichtige Rolle im wirtschaftlichen und polit. Leben des Judentums (: I.) spielte (wie etwa aus den Dokumenten des Archivs des Zenon, eines Beamten am Hofe des ptolemäischen Königs Ptolemaios II. Philadelphus [Ptolemäer], hervorgeht). Bes. einflußreich war Joseph, Sohn des Tobias, der einen Streit zw. Onias II. (Oniaden) und dem…

[English Version] Shemone Esre, »Achtzehnbittengebet«, so genannt wegen der Anzahl der Berakhot (»Segenssprüche«), oder ‘Amida, »Stehen«, da im Stehen gesprochen (Gebet: IX.,1.), oder auch ha-Tefilla, »das Gebet (schlechthin)«, bildet zus. mit dem Shema‘ einen der beiden Grundpfeiler des jüd. Gottesdienstes (: II.,3.; s.a. Liturgie: VII.). In seiner heutigen Form umfaßt das Sh.E. 19 Bitten, da im bab. Judentum die 14. Bitte um den Wiederaufbau Jerusalems und das Kommen des Messias in zwei Berakhot aufgeteilt wurde. Die urspr. 18 Bitten umfassende paläst. Version ist seit ihrer Entdeckung Ende des 19.Jh. in der Kairoer Geniza (: II.) bekannt. Während im Morgen- und Nachmittagsgebet das Sh.E. zunächst von der Gemeinde leise und dann vom Vorbeter laut gesprochen wird, entfällt im Abendgebet die Wiederholung. Die drei ersten und letzten Berakhot sind stets gleich, während die mittleren auch durch eine Kurzform, das sog. Havienu (»Mache uns verständig«), ersetzt werden können (die heute übliche Form ist in bBer 29a überliefert; s.a. jBer 4,3, fol. 8a). Auch am Sabbat und an Festtagen wird statt der 13 mittleren Bitten nur eine gesprochen, die Sabbat‘amida ist also ein Siebenbittengebet. Stand in rabb. Zeit die Themenfolge der 18 bzw. 19 Bitten fest, so dürfte die lit. Ausgestaltung noch lange Sache des Vorbeters gewesen sein (s. etwa bBer 29b; dazu Heinemann). In gaonäischer Zeit ist der Wortlaut des Sh.E. mehr und mehr standardisiert worden. Eingeleitet von Ps 51,17, »Herr, öffne meine Lippen, daß mein Mund dein Lob verkünde«, sind die Themen des Sh.E.: I. »Väter« (Avot; Lobpreis Gottes als Gott der bibl. Patriarchen; in modernen Gebetbüchern werden zudem heute die »Mütter« Sara, Rebekka, Lea und Rahel genannt), II. »Machttaten« (Gevurot; Bitte um die Wiederbelebung der Toten [ewiges Leben: VII.,1.] und Lobpreis dessen, der je nach Jahreszeit Tau und Regen schenkt), III. »Heiligung Gottes« (Kedushat ha-Shem, mit Einfügung des Engelgesangs, der sog. Qedusha [Trishagion: I.]), IV. »Erkenntnis« (Bina; d.h. Tora), V. »Umkehr« (Teshuva), VI. »Vergebung« (Selikha), VII. »Erlösung« (Ge'ulla), VIII. »Heilung« (Refu'a), IX. »Jahressegen« (Birkat ha-Shana; Bitte um reiche Ernte), X. »Sammlung der Zerstreuten« (Kibbuz Gelujjot), XI. »Rückkehr der Gerichtshöfe« (Shivat Bate ha-Mishpat; Wiedereinsetzung der Rechtsinstitutionen), XII. »Verwünschung der Häretiker« (Birkat ha-Minim; auch als »Ketzersegen« bekannt, hat diese Bitte immer wieder Anlaß zu antijüd. Polemiken gegeben [Häresie: V.]), XIII. »Gerechte« (Zaddiqim; Bitte um Segnung der Gerechten und Proselyten), XIV. »Erbauer Jerusalems« (Bone Jerushalajim; Bitte um den Wiederaufbau Jerusalems), XV. »Sproß Davids« (Zemach David; das Kommen des Davidssprosses, d.h. des Messias [: III.,1.]), XVI. »Gebetserhörung« (Shome‘a Tefilla), XVII. »(Tempel-)Kult« (Avoda; Gottesdienst und Bitte um die Rückbringung des Opferdienstes zum Heiligtum), XVIII. »Dank« (Hoda'a) und XIX. »Friedenssegen/Priestersegen« (Birkat ha-Shalom/Bi…

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[English Version] Simchat Tora, Fest der »Torafreude«, am 22. Tishri in Israel (am achten und letzten Tag des Laubhüttenfestes [Feste/Feiern: III.]) bzw. am 23. in der Diaspora begangen, an dem der einjährige Lesezyklus der Tora beendet und gleich wieder neu begonnen wird, um zu betonen, daß das Studium der Tora nie endet. Der Leser des letzten Abschnitts von Dtn wird Chatan Tora, »Bräutigam der Tora«, und derjenige des ersten Bibelabschnitts Chatan Bereshit, »Bräutigam des Anfangs«, genannt (i. a…