Russian vs. American politeness

[R. M. Cleminson]

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Od: "Alina Israeli" <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
Komu: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Odoslané: piatok, 4. október 2013 16:18:45
Predmet: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian vs. American politeness

> Maybe specialists in Christianity could chime in, because a Russian Christian is раб 
> божий, OK, божий, but раб. And it's ingrained in communication. 

Рабъ Божий is the Slavonic translation of the Biblical δοῦλος Θεοῦ, rendered in English translations as "servant of God".  The traditional English Bible regularly renders "δοῦλος" as "servant" (120 examples), though some modern translations prefer "slave".  "Servant" is also regularly used liturgically in English, as is "рабъ" in Slavonic.

I am not convinced, however, that this has much bearing on social intercourse.  "Your humble servant" is, after all, "слуга покорный".
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