The Voice of Silence: Between Speech and Silence in Prayers for Peace

29 Th e Vo ic e o f Silen c e the Language of the Lord, through which He has created all the worlds and what is in them . Peace as Liturgical Semiotics The common denominator of these approaches is that they all regard a single language as the normative mediator between humans and God . Out of the full semiotic system with all its signs and symbols, the believer selects, then, a restricted set of liturgical symbols, the symbols of prayer . That is to say, the believer’s semiotics is a liturgical one . Furthermore, the classicist believer restricts his or her semiotics even further, focusing on one system, one language, which bears unique value . This approach, then, has the dual characteristics of constructing the relations with God through the language and semiotic system, while being focused on one special language that has unique value . We could ask, then, by this approach, what the best path would be for the believer seeking to pray for peace . The answer is simple : the highway t...  אל הספר
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