Bible Reception Again

[Jack Kollmann]

         A small contribution to a response:  The State Russian Museum had 
a large exhibition a few years ago entitled "Jesus Christ in Christian Art 
and Culture, 14th to 20th Centuries."  The handsome illustrated exhibit 
catalog of the same name was published in 2000 by the Museum and Palace 
Editions.  Russian ISBN 593332021; International (English?) ISBN 
3930775891.  Large format, about 525 pages.  The exhibit and the catalog 
are organized by themes (e.g., the face of Christ in Russian icons) and, 
most interesting, by events in Christ's life.  So, for a given event -- 
nativity, baptism, etc. -- one encounters images from icons to modern art 
grouped together.
Jack Kollmann



At 02:19 AM 4/7/2006, you wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I am very grateful for the responses to my question on the reception of
>the Bible in Russia. However, I am afraid, I was not clear enough. I did
>not mean the history of the Bible translations and publishing, but rather
>its reception as reflected in modern (18th-20th cent.) literature,
>painting, music, etc. Did anyone try to accumulate representation of
>biblical images and motifs in these arts and to trace the origins of these
>images, etc., i.e., what goes back to the Russian Church traditions, what
>to Western mediators, etc. I know only the recent Kievan anthology on the
>Bible in Russian poetry. Is there anything else (studies, collections)? I
>will be gratefull for any hint.
>
>Best,
>
>Alexander Kulik
>Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
>Hebrew University of Jerusalem
>Mt. Scopus 91905 Israel
>
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