Analiza porównawcza słownictwa nawiązującego do miłosierdzia Bożego w syryjskiej anaforze św. Jakuba w odniesieniu do kanonu modlitw żydowskich

In the paper, one of the oldest Syriac Anaphora of St. James was analyzed in its present form. Numerous words and phrases related to God’s mercy are compared to those used in modern Jewish prayers. Even though Jewish and Christian prayer traditions split long ago, there are still too many common details. Jews and Christians use even similar phrases seeking God’s mercy. This is particularly observable in the case of phrases related to atonement and sins, where Syriac Anaphora uses typical Jewish terms absent in the Western tradition represented by the Roman Catholic Church. The similar understanding and similar lexical forms in the living prayer tradition known to every religious Jew and Christian are emphasized.