Russian Bible wars : modern scriptural translation and cultural authority /

Although biblical texts were known in Church Slavonic as early as the ninth century, translation of the Bible into Russian came about only in the nineteenth century. Modern scriptural translation generated major religious and cultural conflict within the Russian Orthodox church. The resulting divisi...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Batalden, Stephen K.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Although biblical texts were known in Church Slavonic as early as the ninth century, translation of the Bible into Russian came about only in the nineteenth century. Modern scriptural translation generated major religious and cultural conflict within the Russian Orthodox church. The resulting divisions left church authority particularly vulnerable to political pressures exerted upon it in the twentieth century. Russian Bible Wars illuminates the fundamental issues of authority that have divided modern Russian religious culture. Set within the theoretical debate over secularization, the volume clarifies why the Russian Bible was issued relatively late and amidst great controversy. Stephen Batalden's study traces the development of biblical translation into Russian and of the 'Bible wars' that then occurred in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Russia. The annotated bibliography of the Russian Bible identifies the different editions and their publication history.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 389 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781107357938
1107357934
9781107237971
1107237971
9781139424592
1139424599
9781107348318
1107348315
9781107349278
1107349273
9781299399983
1299399983
9781107342064
1107342066
9781107345812
1107345812
9781107344563
1107344565
9781107352933
1107352932
Schlagworte:
Bible > Translating > Russia > History.
Bible > Translating > Soviet Union > History.
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