Russian Sophiology

[Allan, Kenneth]

I did a quick Google search and came up with excerpts from Celia Deane-Drummond’s “Christ and Evolution: Wonder and Wisdom”:

http://books.google.ca/books?id=jNCPX7Y0JS0C&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=sophia+bulgakov+christ+crucified&source=bl&ots=Vvir1CdPNA&sig=ISWmx_F6rJOXQMdhc6Hu8TWagKE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kwPsUfueHIXAigL6vICgCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=sophia%20bulgakov%20christ%20crucified&f=false

The text appears to suggest that the idea is found in Bulgakov’s “The Lamb of God.”

Kenneth R. Allan

Associate Professor of Art History

Department of Art
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University of Lethbridge
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Dear Slavists,

I have the impression that, when Sofiia (Premudrost') is a person or a personification in the Russian cultural context, she is either an independent entity or tends to merge with Bogoroditsa.  I cannot seem to find passages in Bulgakov, Soloviev, or Florenskii where she is "Christ crucified," that is, wisdom (Wisdom) in the Pauline sense (see especially 1 Corinthians 1:23-24, 30).  Perhaps I have not searched thoroughly enough, and I would be grateful for any assistance.  In the Russian translation I see that Paul utilizes "premudrost'," not "sofiia."  The same goes for earlier Jewish wisdom writing in Russian, e.g., chapter 24 of Sirach.  In Septuagint and NT Greek I see "sofia," and in Vulgate Latin "sapientia."

I ask the question because there are examples from outside of Russia where the crucified Christ is Wisdom, and is referred to with some feminine construction (e.g., "Dame Sapience" in an illustrated Old French translation of Suso).

Thank you, and with regards to the list -

Daniel Rancour-Laferriere
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