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Writing System as a Testimony of Faith or Possible Interpretations of the Symbolism of Glagolitic Script
Milica Lukić
; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku Osijek, Hrvatska
Martina Jurčević
; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper deals with the oldest known Slavic alphabet as a system of sacred letters created by the "holy man" – Constantine Philosopher of Thessaloniki, whom both the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church worship as St. Cyril. Based on the fact that each Glagolitic letter is a three-way coded linguistic sign, a new reading and an interpretation of the symbolism of some of the letters is proposed – primarily those that represent the nature of God in the Christian notion, and fit into the Pythagorean model of divine tetrakis (azъ + buky + vêdê + glagoljǫ ). Also proposed is a new interpretation of Constantine's philosophical-theological code entered in the first nine letters of Glagolitic script. It puts in the foreground the Logos – Jesus Christ – the Second Divine Person - the founder of Christianity as a Monotheistic religion which Moravian and Pannonian Slavs joined in the 9th century.
Keywords
Glagolitic script; Konstantin Cyril; Divine Tetrakis; Christianity; number 9
Hrčak ID:
193885
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2017.
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