<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The modern problem of political correctness appeared recently in the Romanian Orthodox Church too and produced different reactions. In this paper I want to discuss the anti-Judaic language that can be encountered in the cult, particularly during the Holy Week, and the solutions to treat these expressions. In the Catholic and Protestant world, the anti-Judaic speech was abandoned,<sup>1</sup> so it seems that only the Orthodox churches have kept the texts that might be deemed as offensive for the Jewish people. As we shall observe, the Romanian Orthodox Church offers an interesting case on this issue. Beside the liturgical texts, I will also approach the problem of the accommodation of the biblical texts in the Orthodox Church, since some modern translations have pushed the modification so far.</p></abstract>

The modern problem of political correctness appeared recently in the Romanian Orthodox Church too and produced different reactions. In this paper I want to discuss the anti-Judaic language that can be encountered in the cult, particularly during the Holy Week, and the solutions to treat these expressions. In the Catholic and Protestant world, the anti-Judaic speech was abandoned,1 so it seems that only the Orthodox churches have kept the texts that might be deemed as offensive for the Jewish people. As we shall observe, the Romanian Orthodox Church offers an interesting case on this issue. Beside the liturgical texts, I will also approach the problem of the accommodation of the biblical texts in the Orthodox Church, since some modern translations have pushed the modification so far.

Facing Anti-Judaism in the Romanian Orthodox and the Liturgical Texts?

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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The modern problem of political correctness appeared recently in the Romanian Orthodox Church too and produced different reactions. In this paper I want to...

Facing Anti-Judaism in the Romanian Orthodox and the Liturgical Texts?

Published Online: Aug 08, 2019

Page range: 237 - 252

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2019-0017

Keywords
anti-Judaism, Holy Week, Enkomia, Byzantine liturgy, Romanian Orthodox Church

© 2019 Alexandru Mihăilă, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Facing Anti-Judaism in the Romanian Orthodox and the Liturgical Texts?

Published Online: Aug 08, 2019

Page range: 237 - 252

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2019-0017

Keywordsanti-Judaism, Holy Week, Enkomia, Byzantine liturgy, Romanian Orthodox Church

© 2019 Alexandru Mihăilă, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
anti-Judaism, Holy Week, Enkomia, Byzantine liturgy, Romanian Orthodox Church