March 9, 1944 to Eberhard Bethge, from Tegel
Ich habe mich in letzter zeit mit der nicht durch die Renaissance bedingten, sondern aus dem Mittelalter, vermutlich aus der Kaiseridee im Kampf gegen das Papsttum, erwachsenen “Weltlichkeit” des 13. Jahrhunderts (Walther, Nibelungen, Parsival, erstaunlich die Toleranz gegen die Mohammedaner in der Gestalt des Halbbruders Parsivals Feirefiz!, [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Medieval Worldliness (2 of 3)
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Warum . . .
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dave Black provided a link to this site giving twelve reasons why you should study German. The site also provides links to many resources.
My daughter Tabitha, who works at Mother Earth News, gave me this tip: The U.S. Foreign Service has developed a number of free language courses, including German, which are available here. Click [...]
Another Online Resource
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Charles Halton at Awilum recently noted an online source, Bibelwissenschaft, that provides free access to several German translations of the Bible (including the 1984 revision of Luther and Gute Nachricht) as well as the standard Hebrew, Latin, and Greek texts of the Bible. The texts are searchable for those who register.
Education and Courage (4 of 4)
Posted in Bonhoeffer, Lesestücke (Readings), tagged Bildung, character formation, courage, education, Jaeger, Paideia on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jan 23, 1944 to Eberhard Bethge from Tegel
Bonhoeffer discusses “Bildung,” education as character formation. He seems to be using “Bildung” in the sense of Werner Jaeger’s exposition of the Greek concept of Paideia. Jaeger taught at Berlin until 1936, when he migrated to the U.S. with his Jewish wife. The first volume of Jaeger’s Paideia [...]
Angst Christi (3 of 4)
Posted in Bonhoeffer, Lesestücke (Readings), tagged Anguish of Christ, fear, historical critical question, prayer on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
January 23, 1944
to Eberhard Bethge, from Tegel
In this long letter, Bonhoeffers thoughts range from friendship to education and culture, to preparation for suffering and death. Here he meditates about the anguish of Christ in the garden.
Zu Deiner Bemerkung über die “Angst Christi”: Sie wird doch nur im Gebet (wie auch in den Psalmen) ausgesprochen [...]
Friendship (2 of 4)
Posted in Bonhoeffer, Lesestücke (Readings), tagged culture, education, ethics, freedom, friendship, Kierkegaard, mandates on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
to Eberhard Bethge, January 23, 1944 (Tegel)
In his unfinished Ethics, Bonhoeffer stated that the commandment of God reaches one in four “Mandates” or areas of life: Marriage, Work, State, Church. In this letter he ponders the place of friendship in this scheme. Friendship is not a mandate but belongs to the realm [...]
Welcome new readers
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to David and Lia, who recently discovered us. David has a German book he would be willing to part with:
I have a german theological book, entitled something like “Ruhrende Begebenheiten und Merkwurdige Gebetserhorungen” as far as I can tell.
It was published by the Mennonite Publishing Company of Elkhart, Indiana in 1896.
It’s yellowed, but solid [...]
I’m Home
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the song goes, I had to see that the world is round, now I’ve come home to my country girl.
I hope to resume regular posts, maybe tomorrow. If all goes well, I should be averaging three or four German posts per week.
