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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 March 2013
      14 March 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139424592
      9781107032118
      9781316600924
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139424592
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.71kg, 395 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 398 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, Religion, European Studies, Church History
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    Although biblical texts were known in Church Slavonic as early as the ninth century, translation of the Bible into Russian came about only in the nineteenth century. Modern scriptural translation generated major religious and cultural conflict within the Russian Orthodox church. The resulting divisions left church authority particularly vulnerable to political pressures exerted upon it in the twentieth century. Russian Bible Wars illuminates the fundamental issues of authority that have divided modern Russian religious culture. Set within the theoretical debate over secularization, the volume clarifies why the Russian Bible was issued relatively late and amidst great controversy. Stephen Batalden's study traces the development of biblical translation into Russian and of the 'Bible wars' that then occurred in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Russia. The annotated bibliography of the Russian Bible identifies the different editions and their publication history.

    Reviews

    'In Russian Bible Wars, Stephen Batalden has made a splendid contribution - or, rather, two splendid contributions - to the study of modern Russian Orthodoxy. In the English-speaking world, this book will be the starting point for discussions of the Russian Bible for a long time to come.'

    Source: Modern Greek Studies Yearbook

    'Batalden has produced a rich and thought-provoking book that succeeds in bridging the gap between religious intellectual history, which often loses sight of human actors and social forces on the ground, and the history of lived religion.'

    Robert H. Greene Source: Slavic Review

    'This is a rich, exhaustive, and fascinating examination of the conflict over Russian translations of the scriptures in the early nineteenth century … Very seldom does a rigorous scholarly investigation seethe with intrigue, mystery, astonishing turns, and unanticipated attacks, but Batalden's masterful study has all of this and more … a truly gripping description and insightful assessment of a most significant stream of events in modern Russian history.'

    Michael Plekon Source: The Russian Review

    '… this book is a valuable contribution to studies of religion in the Russian Empire, providing as it does a clear and accessible narrative on a thorny but vital question.'

    James M. White Source: European History Quarterly

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