Theology | Church | Spirituality

The Sermon on the Mount

Biblical Days 2023
Monday, 03.04. - Wednesday, 05.04.2023
The Sermon on the Mount by Carl Bloch
The Sermon on the Mount by Carl Bloch

Friedrich Dürrenmatt called it the "speech of all speeches". Indeed, the Sermon on the Mount is different from all other speeches. The very fact that it has been writing history and shaping biographies for 2000 years makes it so special.

Their linguistic brilliance, their density of content, their wisdom congealed into letters have fascinated monks and powerful people, private citizens and politicians, pacifists and communists, scientists and literary figures throughout the centuries - across all religious and denominational boundaries.

With the Biblical Days 2023, we will focus on what is probably the most striking text of the entire New Testament. The thematic arc of tension ranges from the question of the content and the themes of the Sermon on the Mount, the origin and the tradition of this great speech, the multifaceted history of interpretation and impact to the question of the significance of "the speech of all speeches" for our time.

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