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Soukromí v latinských a českých biblických textech
Privacy in Czech and Latin biblical texts

Author(s): Josef Šimandl
Subject(s): Biblical studies
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Notion of privacy; Czech words for privacy; Biblical studies

Summary/Abstract: This paper ponders whether the notion of privacy should be seen as not biblical or not Catholic. Several Catholic encyclopedias were skimmed; the increasing interest in this topic is evident, although the prevailing point of view belongs not to theology or biblical studies, but to (ecclesiastical) law. In the following section of the paper, Czech words for privacy/private (soukromí/soukromý) in the Czech Ecumenical Translation and in the most notable older translation (Bible kralická) are examined and compared with their counterparts in Latin and Greek Bibles. The Old-Czech word súkromí with its strictly local sense is mentioned as well. To sum up: The examined words are plausibly used in the translation; the notion belongs to the biblical world and is worth of further research.

  • Issue Year: 9/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 127-134
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech