Poem: I roam Nineveh 51
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This article presents a poem by Bernard Jakobiak entitled "Je parcours Ninive 51," dated April 7, 1990. It is a poetic work in seven sequences, published in an orthodox theology journal in connection with a reflection on beauty, creation, and human vocation. The poem unfolds the journey of a prophetic figure — evoking Jonah in Nineveh — passing through the ordeal of stripping away, flight, and resistance in order to reach a rebirth. The central idea is that of inner transformation through renunciation: losing in order to be saved, emptying oneself in order to receive. On a theological level, the poem illustrates the vocation of humanity as "created creator," called to pass through disfiguration in order to access transfiguration, under the action of the Spirit, thus joining the orthodox themes of kenosis and deification.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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