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Kitüntetések átadása a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Debreceni Területi Bizottságának közgyűlésén. Pro Scientia érmével díjazták Bitskey István akadémikust, a bizottság korábbi elnökét és Fekete Károlyt, a Tiszántúli Református Egyházkerület püspökét. Pro Cooperatione díjat Buzogány Dezső erdélyi egyháztörténész vehette át, aki több hazai és külföldi kutatási projekt irányítója, létrehozta a Pokoly József Egyháztörténeti Kutatócsoportot.

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.