Orient
Orient is the idea of an area roughly in the east when viewed from Europe and thus in the direction of sunrise ("towards tomorrow"). Orient and Occident form a conceptual contrast that is determined spatially and culturally at the same time and, as one of the cultural criteria, distinguishes regions with a predominantly Christian population from regions with a predominantly Muslim population.
Orient and the term Orient , which is also linguistically related to "East" and "Rising Sun", were interpreted differently in literature and at times extended eastward beyond India . In general, from the countries on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean ( Levant ), the Near and Middle East are meant, with boundaries indefinite in all directions.
The term Morgenland was introduced into German by Martin Luther , who in his translation of the Bible literally translated a term mentioned in Matthew ( Mt 2,1 LUT ) as " sage from the Orient " (from the Greek Anatole ). In general, Luther used the term Orient both for the Hebrew קדם ("east", "that which is in front" - for example in Gen 25.6 EU ) - as well as for the Greek άνατολή ("rising", "east").
Hermann Hesse used the term in his novel Morgenlandfahrt from 1932.
See also
- Europa Morgen Land (Literature Days Rhine / Neckar)
Web links
- Morgenland - The history of the Islamic world , ZDF / Terra X focus
- Orientalism: The Orient as a projection
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Kronasser in the introduction to the Greek-German school and manual dictionary by Wilhelm Gemoll : "So many words that Luther used or formed from the Greek original have been incorporated into the German common language, according to Morgenland ( ἀνατολή ), Schauplatz ( θέατρον ) u. a. "
- ↑ Andrea Polaschegg : Where is the Orient ?. In: The Other Orientalism. Berlin / New York 2005, p. 64f.