Russian Bible Wars: Modern Scriptural Translation and Cultural Authority

ISBN-13: 9781107032118 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 395 str.

Stephen K Batalden

Opis

This first comprehensive history of the Russian Bible demonstrates how scriptural translation exposed serious divisions in modern Russian religious culture.

Recenzje

'… this book is a valuable contribution to studies of religion in the Russian Empire, providing as it does a clear and accessible narrative on a thorny but vital question.' James M. White, European History Quarterly

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Origins of the Russian Bible Society; 2. Technology and textology; 3. Foreign and clandestine publishing in Nikolaevan Russia; 4. The Synodal Bible; 5. Russian Biblical translation and the Jewish Question; 6. Colportage, Sectarianism and Russian Bible publication; Afterword: Russian Biblical translations in the twentieth century; Appendix: annotated bibliography of the Russian Bible, 1794–1991; Bibliography; Index.