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The aim of this thesis is the examination of how effective catechesis can be among 7–10-year-olds, with special regard to the involvement of the family and the method of cooperative learning. The thesis examines the foundations of Biblical and Practical Theology, the interconnections among catechetics, pedagogy and missiology, as well as the characteristics of the individual generations, especially the Alpha, as well as the Z, Y, and X generations, taking into account that today these generations form a family. Our thesis emphasizes that the primary scene of faith education is the family; therefore, the process of education will be effective if parents (and siblings) actively join in the catechesis. By them the tools of cooperative learning provide such a learning space where the child, with the presence and support of the family, can live in faith.

In the case of Judges 4–5, we encounter a fascinating phenomenon of the Old Testament: both chapters – first in narrative prose and then in poetic form – present the oppression of Israel by a Canaanite city-state named Hazor, while recounting a military episode that concludes with Israel’s victory. These events are set during the period of the prophetess Deborah. The two accounts do not exhibit substantial differences in terms of characters or the basic events described; however, notable differences emerge in genre and in certain plot details. While the phenomenon of parallel accounts is not unknown in the Hebrew Bible, Judges 4 and 5 stand out as exceptional, since the same episode of Israel’s recorded history is presented both in prose and in poetic form. This paper aims to discuss the literary interrelationship between these two accounts. The first section of this study contains the Hungarian translation of Judges 4–5.

A tanulmány a 2Kor 8,7–9 homiletikai exegézisével indul. Az első nagyobb egységben az előkészületi elemek kapnak helyet. A perikópa kortörténeti, exegetikai és teológiai vonatkozásainak feltérképezése során közelebbről érintjük Pál és a korinthusiak viszonyát, a jeruzsálemi gyűjtést, és olyan teológiai motívumokat, mint az inkarnáció és az adakozás. A homiletikai exegézist egy karácsonyi prédikáció vázlata követi. A tanulmány utolsó pontjai az istentisztelet alakításához nyújtanak további szempontokat és szemléltetéseket.