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Matthew 10,16 - exegesis and history of interpretation
Černá, Venuše ; Mrázek, Jiří (advisor) ; Pokorný, Petr (referee)
Matthew 10.16, which uses metaphorical statements known from Greek and Jewish literature, stands at the center of the second great discourse of the Gospel of Matthew (missionary speech) as a bridge between the first and second parts, which briefly summarizes its basic themes − Jesus' sending the disciples, their situation in a hostile world and features needed to fulfill this task in these conditions. In my own translation, I decided to keep the words (omitted in some translations) that have an important function in the text − "behold" (as macrosyntactical signal, which focuses attention on new important theme), "I" (as emphasis on the person of a speaker who is at once a Shepherd, Sheep and Lamb) and "therefore" (as emphasis on necessity of these properties which follows from the facts mentioned in the previous sentence − both from their task and their position as disciples in a hostile world). I prefer the word "pure" for the translation of properties of doves, which (in my opinion) aptly expresses the importance of both textual variants without the negative connotations of the word "simple" (as naive or stupid). Prudence is not only a way to avoid danger, but rather finding ways to fulfill the task. Purity means that the disciple is not adapt to this world (to be a wolf among wolves), but follow...
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Web Conference Calendar
Pokorný, Petr ; Vyskočil, Tomáš (advisor) ; Zavoral, Filip (referee)
A scientific article can only be submitted to one conference. The purpose of this work is to create a web application which will aid in determining where a given article can still be submitted, using mainly a graphical diagram. The text itself first provides a detailed specification of the problem, then it discusses the choice of individual technologies and the general implementation approach. The following section then briefly describes some implementation details and suggests areas for expansion of the project. The last chapter is dedicated to technical and licensing considerations. The result of the work is a working web application designed for use in academic circles and for further refinement.
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Recent asteroid breakups and accretion of interplanetary dust on the Earth
Pokorný, Petr ; Vokrouhlický, David (advisor) ; Šolc, Martin (referee)
The major aim of the thesis is an analysis of an accretion of dust originating from breakup events of Emilkowalski and YC2 asterodial families. Using a numerical integrator we follow orbits of individual dust particles, some of which will result in an impact onto one of the planets in the Solar system. Employing some non-trivial transformation we compare recorded impacts onto the Earth to available dust measurements values acquired in antarctic ice-cores. We also analyse the dynamical e ffects of Poynting-Robertson e ffect and their influence on the dust particles of variable sizes.
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Freedom in the Letter to the Galatians: Eleutheria as a Soteriological Metaphor.
Cimala, Peter ; Pokorný, Petr (advisor) ; Tichý, Ladislav (referee) ; Roskovec, Jan (referee) ; Radová, Irena (referee)
The dissertation entitled "Freedom in the Letter to the Galatians: Eleutheria as a Soteriological Metaphor" deals with the old Greek notion of freedom (eleutheria) from the perspective of one epistle of the apostle Paul. The aim of the study is to examine the thesis if, and to what degree, freedom is a soteriological metaphor in the letter to the Galatians. An exegetical-theological analysis all eleutheria statements in the letter is preceded by chapters on (§1.) the history of research, (§2.) basic definitions of the polysemous notion freedom, and (§3.) setting the letter in its literary and historical context. In the main part of the thesis five sections and arguments are examined in which we find altogether 11 eleutheria statements (Ga 2,3-5, 3,26-29; 4,21-31; 5,1 a 5,13-15). The analysis of all eleutheria statements provides the basis to answer the main research question: Is freedom in Galatians a soteriological metaphor? Chapter five (§5.) focuses on Pauline soteriology, offering a fundamental delimitation of the metaphor and integrates freedom among the key soteriological metaphors in the letter Galatians and in Pauline theology. The conclusions of the research are summarized in chapter six (§6). The New Testament study presented here relates to broader themes of interest: the religious/biblical...
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The Strong and the Weak in Romans 14-15
Majtán-Černák, Marek ; Roskovec, Jan (advisor) ; Pokorný, Petr (referee)
The present diploma thesis is an exegetical attempt to interpret Paul's parenesis in his Letter to the Romans 14,1-15,13. It tries to find answers to the following questions: Who are the "strong in faith" (15:1)? Who are the "weak in faith" (14:1)? What "day" is meant in chapter 14:5? What kind of dietary restrictions are in the background of 14:2? What is the solution that Paul suggests? The analysis has led to the following conclusions: Paul is trying to resolve a particular dispute between two groups of believers in Rome. The "weak" probably had a problem with the "strong" eating the meat and drinking the wine defiled with idolatry (14:21) and not keeping fasting days, or certain Jewish feast days (14:3). So, the "weak" may be identified as the Jewish Christians and the "strong" with the Christians of gentile origins. Paul tries to move both groups away from judging each other (14:3) to respect the opinion of the other group (14:4) and leads them above all to mutually build loving relationships to each other (14:19). Key words: weak in faith, strong in faith, day, food, dietetary restriction, Lord, Christ, Kingdom of heaven
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Historical Jesus as Messiah. The presuppositions of Christology in the historical Jesus.
Ficzere, Tamás ; Pokorný, Petr (advisor) ; Roskovec, Jan (referee) ; Ryšková, Mireia (referee)
The following doctoral thesis Historical Jesus as a Messiah is aimed at the question of Jesus' Messianism. It contributes to a broad field of study that has at its core this theme and that tries to unravel the unsatisfactory answer if Jesus from Nazareth (or "historical Jesus") considered himself during his earthly life a Messiah. Is it interesting to note that the early Christians, right after Jesus' death, professed him their Lord and Messiah. This "title", which is soon used in relation to Jesus, becomes in its Greek form (Cristo,j - "anointed") Jesus' personal name and Christians recognize as their Messiah Jesus Christ. If we realize that the earthly Jesus never used this title as a self attribution, it remains unclear why it played such an important role for the followers of Jesus. The question of why they did not title him "Son of man" arises. As far as that goes, this is the title earthly Jesus identified with. But the decision of the first Christians, who understood Jesus to be God's messenger and a Messiah, has to have a foundation; it cannot merely be an "overvaluation" of his mission. The question remains: why did Jesus hesitate to identify himself as a Messiah? Even though he never said it about himself, we can trace in the synoptic gospels' indications to let us affirm the statement that the...
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Human-driven and natural vegetation changes of the last glacial and early Holocene
Kuneš, Petr ; Pokorný, Petr (advisor) ; Krahulec, František (referee) ; Ammann, Brigitta (referee)
Conclusions The main conclusions, specific to each research topic, have been mentioned in appropriate chapter. To summarize, the thesis brings new original data and reinterprets existing pollen assemblages of the last glacial and early Holocene in central Europe. It also deals with analysis of the analogues and with vegetation-pollen relationship when interpreting past vegetation. The study of analogue environment brought several important conclusions. A considerably tight relationship was found between the composition of pollen spectra and climate characteristics in southern Siberian analogue landscape. This means that past climatic conditions can be reasonably predicted by the fossil pollen spectra. There were found the best pollen predictors (such as Pinus sylvestris, P.cembra, Betula alba, Artemisia, Graminae) and 300 m distance around the sampling point as the best factors explaining vegetation type. Vegetation was interpreted for the last glacial and the beginning of the Holocene in the light of new palaeobotanical finds and according to modern approaches. Occurrence of some tree species during various stages of the last glacial were confirmed, however, local discrepancies in vegetation and climate were also highly important. This supports strong gradient in increasing treelessvegetation from the...
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Abraham in the New Testament
Křížová, Jana ; Mrázek, Jiří (advisor) ; Pokorný, Petr (referee)
The thesis Abraham in the New Testament commences with the narrative of Abraham in the Book of Genesis, evaluates responses to that story in the Old Testament as well as in the extra-biblical literature, and then examines its use in the New Testament. Abraham is introduced as God's friend, a model of faith, and a forefather. The questions are raised as to who are entitled to think of themselves as heirs to Abraham's promises and what are the consequences for the Curch. Appendices provide a list of Bible verses wherein Abraham is mentioned or which make allusions to his story. Other attachments present key texts from the Old and New Testaments and their literal translations as source materials supporting the conclusions of the main text.
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