TY - JOUR

T1 - Bible in the USSR

AU - Chumakova, T.

AU - Pyzikov, D.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Ltd "Integration: Education and Science". All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/2/29

Y1 - 2020/2/29

N2 - The article introduces a general picture of the specific existence of the Bible in the U.S.S.R. up to the late 1940-s. The sources include books published in the U.S.S.R. in 1922-1947, as well as various anti-religious media: "Bezbozhnik" ("Godless") Newspaper, "Antireligioznik" Magazine, and others. The authors argue that - in spite of the fact that the Bible was treated by ideologists as a kind of propagandist literature - it still played a significant role in the culture. The knowledge about the Bible was kept in the folk tradition. At that, the Bible was "an imaginary book" for the "people". There was also research works on the Bible and its translations (first of all, about the Slavic Bible). The biblical plots had been presented in art, and literature, that is why understanding them was an important part of the Soviet culture. Even the anti-religious propaganda could not escape studying the Bible and explaining the biblical plots. The casus of the Soviet propaganda was in the situation when the propagandist publications became a source of information about the Bible.

AB - The article introduces a general picture of the specific existence of the Bible in the U.S.S.R. up to the late 1940-s. The sources include books published in the U.S.S.R. in 1922-1947, as well as various anti-religious media: "Bezbozhnik" ("Godless") Newspaper, "Antireligioznik" Magazine, and others. The authors argue that - in spite of the fact that the Bible was treated by ideologists as a kind of propagandist literature - it still played a significant role in the culture. The knowledge about the Bible was kept in the folk tradition. At that, the Bible was "an imaginary book" for the "people". There was also research works on the Bible and its translations (first of all, about the Slavic Bible). The biblical plots had been presented in art, and literature, that is why understanding them was an important part of the Soviet culture. Even the anti-religious propaganda could not escape studying the Bible and explaining the biblical plots. The casus of the Soviet propaganda was in the situation when the propagandist publications became a source of information about the Bible.

KW - Bible

KW - USSR

KW - history of the study of religion

KW - "folklore Bible"

KW - ideology

KW - science

KW - History of the study of religion

KW - Ideology

KW - Science

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U2 - 10.18254/S207987840007423-4

DO - 10.18254/S207987840007423-4

M3 - статья

AN - SCOPUS:85091164730

VL - 11

JO - ЭЛЕКТРОННЫЙ НАУЧНО-ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЖУРНАЛ ИСТОРИЯ

JF - ЭЛЕКТРОННЫЙ НАУЧНО-ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЖУРНАЛ ИСТОРИЯ

SN - 2079-8784

IS - 1

ER -