The Bible in Russia

[Daniel Collins]

On the Slavonic bible, see the following:

Slovar' knizhnikov i knizhnosti Drevnei Rusi: XI-pervaia polovina XIV  
v., s.v. "Bibliia" (Leningrad: Nauka, 1987).

A. A. Alekseev, Tekstologiia slavianskoi biblii (Sankt-Peterburg:  
Dmitrij Bulanin, 1999).

The following discusses both the Slavonic versions and translations  
into Russian, including the Russian Bible Society, the Synodal version  
of 1876, and the 1956 revision of the Elizabeth bible:

M. I. Rizhskii, Istoriia perevodov biblii v Rossii (Novosibirsk: Nauka,  
1978).

  Daniel E. Collins, Chair
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1340
On Mar 24, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere wrote:

> 24 March 06
>
>> Can anyone recommend a good survey on the Bible in Russia (Russian)?  
>> It's one of
>> those topics that I really don't feel very confident about (about my  
>> knowledge,
>> that is).
>>
>> Also, has there been anything published on Bible reading in Russia?  
>> It's such a
>> part of protestant/evangelical culture, I've long  wondered if there  
>> is (was)
>> any Russian equivalent, either among the Orthodox or the sects.
>>
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>> Is there anything on the Bible reception in Russia, esp. in the modern
>> period (18th-20th cents.)?
>>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
> I'm surprised that these questions by Peter Scotto and Alexander Kulik  
> have been ignored.  I too am interested in the history of the Bible in  
> Russia (and earlier, in Rus').  Checking in James Billington's _The  
> Icon and the Axe_ (Knopf 1978), I found some scattered information,  
> but there must be something more recent, comprehensive, and useful.   
> It is known that the Russian Bible Society did exert considerable (and  
> controversial) political influence in the 19th century, but that a  
> full Russian (as opposed to Church Slavonic) Bible did not come into  
> existence until 1876.  Imagine that - the same time that _Anna  
> Karenina_ appeared.  Could someone out there provide some useful  
> references?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Daniel Rancour-Laferriere
>
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