Rétorika a hermeneutika požehnání a prokletí v Pentateuchu

• Main Author: Sidorova, Elena
• Other Authors: Sláma, Petr
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-333751

iii Bibliographical citation Rhetoric and Hermeneutics of Blessing and Curse in the Pentateuch [manuscript]: dissertation / Elena Sidorova; supervisor: Doc. Dr. Petr Sláma. Prague, 2015 - 185 pages. Abstract Blessings and curses are complex notions suggesting the close relationship between verbal activity and reality. The speeches on blessings and curses in the Pentateuch are uttered by God or human beings on different occasions. The study of the rhetoric of these speeches reveals that the blessings and curses are caused by a number of factors, and they are supposed to be fulfilled in some way or other. The speeches of blessings and curses in extra-biblical texts provide us with a general idea of how people in ancient times understood blessings and curses and used them to their advantage. The study of blessings and curses as cross- cultural and religious phenomena shows that people perceived blessings and curses as powerful levers for affecting people on different occasions. The study of blessings and curses - i.e., on what grounds does someone (who is it?) say something (what is it?) to somebody (who is it?), causing something (what is it and when is it going to materialize?), and more importantly: how does he or she say it - enables us to derive a special grammar of curses and blessings, which contributes...