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The sermons written for the first Sunday after the epiphany, according to the medieval order of the pericopes, are based on the story of 12-year-old Jesus teaching in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Therefore, the duties of parents and children are usually presented in these sermons. A following of this pericopal tradition can be found among 16th-century Hungarian publications in the books of the pastors Péter Bornemisza, István Beythe and György Kulcsár, and the priest Miklós Telegdi. Through their sermons, I examine how these authors wrote about the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ child as well as what methods they offered for improving the behaviour and morals of said ‘bad’ child.

A Chagiga (Ünnepi áldozat) traktátus a Moéd (Kijelölt idő, „ünnep”) rend utolsó, 12. traktátusa. A traktátus a Misnában és a Toszeftában is három fejezetből áll, a Babilóniai Talmudban 27 oldal, a Jeruzsálemi Talmudban pedig 22. Gemara is tartozik hozzá. A traktátus első részének az fő kérdése, hogy a három zarándokünnepen miként és kinek kell kötelező módon megje-lennie Isten előtt, illetve kik azok, akik felmentést kapnak a kötelezettség alól, és miért?

Psalm-singing in the Community of Therapeutae Based on De vita contemplativa by Philo of Alexandria. The Therapeutae’s ascetic devotion is characterized not only by searching the scriptures, meditation and prayer but also by singing of hymns and psalms. Hymns were composed by the principals of the community, they were those who taught the community members to sing them and they continually enriched the hymnal with new ones. The Essenes’ and Therapeutae’s psalm-singing indicates first of all the common Old Testament origin. However these religious communities had different self-identity from that of the normative Jews and this identity required for a special psalm-poetry to be accomplished. The Therapeutae’s psalms remind us of the church psalm-tradition characterized, just like the Essene hymns, by responsive singing and refrains.