Motyw walki Jakuba z aniołem w piosence Jacka Kaczmarskiego wobec tradycji żydowskiej i chrześcijańskiej
Journal Title: Poznańskie Studia Teologiczne - Year 2018, Vol 32, Issue
Abstract
The purpose of this publication is the interpretation of the song of Jacek Kaczmarski titled Jacob wrestling with the angel which shows the specificity of the poet’s view of the biblical theme. In the first part of the article, I discuss the figure of the Patriarch Jacob in the Bible and culture. Then I present the patriarch’s wrestling with an unknown opponent as it is shown in Jewish and Christian commentaries. In the interpretation of Kaczmarski’s song, I draw attention to the differences and similarities with the Scriptures and with Jewish and Christian interpretations. Kaczmarski creatively reinterprets the biblical theme. The song does not follow Jewish interpretations which see the unknown opponent as a guardian angel of Esau, archangel Michael or Satan. Nor does it follow Christian interpretations (psychological, allegorical, spiritual, mystical). The poem is close to these comments (Jewish and Christian), which in the wrestling opponent see God in the form of an angel and a shepherd. Kaczmarski’s interpretation is unique, for in his poem the main purpose of the struggle is freedom – an overriding value in human life. The winner turns out to be a crippled Jacob. The weak man wins with God because he dared to fight for freedom.
Authors and Affiliations
Małgorzata Krzysztofik
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP574457
- DOI 10.14746/pst.2018.32.14
- Views 119
- Downloads 0
Dialogiczna otwartość teologii kardynała Waltera Kaspera w nurcie dziedzictwa katolickiej szkoły tybingeńskiej
Our masters, next to which we grew up, and certain environments that have formed – on many levels – not only our consciousness, but even the methodology of our thinking and activities, play a very significant role in the...
Socjologiczne czytanie Biblii. Odnalezione dzieło ''Bóg Chrystus i Ludzie. Studium socjologiczne' ks. Franciszka Mirka (1893-1970)
This article expounds the rediscovered and unpublished manuscript by Father Franciszek Mirek God Christ and the People. A Sociological Study. Father Franciszek Mirek was the first Polish sociologist who was a member of t...
W służbie Chrystusowi. Błogosławieni prezbiterzy i osoby zakonne Archidiecezji Poznańskiej
The subject-matter of the article is the issue of sanctity which the author considers in the context of the lives of seven men and one woman. All of them belong to the Poznań Church. Their heroic lives provide an opportu...
Jedyne Imię przynoszące zbawienie
Many New Testament texts bear witness to the faith of the first Christians in the saving power of the name “Jesus”. This faith is related to the Old Testament significance of giving the names of things and of persons by...
Indian Music to Celebrate Christmas in Moxo Jesuit Reductions, Bolivia
The subject of Indian music and Indian influence on baroque music from the former Jesuit Reductions in South America needs new studies, and what has been said on this matter up to now by musicologists and ethnomusicologi...