Soukup, Daniel2024-11-192024-11-192018Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2018, R. 26, Nr 1, s. 19-32.1231-17312544-6460https://theo-logos.pl/handle/123456789/23840Artykuł w języku angielskim.The main aim of this study is to present how early modern preaching in the Czech lands shaped the image of the local Jewish community in Christian eyes at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Bohemian and Moravian preachers, drawing from medieval literature, were fundamentally influenced by the traditional theological concept of Jews as a living witness to the Christian truth. At the same time, Baroque sermons reused medieval exempla and miracula preserving typical anti-Jewish narratives. Due to the increasing number of Bohemian and Moravian Jewry at the end of 17th century, and the socio-economical tension between Christian and Jewish communities, catholic preachers pursued contemporary topics and criticized unpermitted contacts, allegedly leading to the inferior status of Christians. On the other hand, these critical notes usually were targeted primarily on Christian believers and their laxity in the observance of religious life, as well as ignorance of social hierarchy. Although the Czech Catholic sermons constructed the hostile perception of Jews, the preachers endeavoured to avoid vulgar anti- Judaism and partly smoothed popular anti-Jewish sentiments.enCC-BY-SA - Uznanie autorstwa - Na tych samych warunkachJewsimage of Jewsearly modern homileticshomileticsCatholic sermonssermonsrepresentation of Jews in literatureanti-Jewish rhetorichistory of Jews in the Czech LandshistoryCzech RepublicŻydziwizerunek Żydówhomiletyka wczesnonowożytnahomiletykakazania katolickiekazaniareprezentacja Żydów w literaturzeretoryka antyżydowskahistoria Żydów na ziemiach czeskichhistoriaCzechyXVII w.XVIII w.Article