31 articles in this issue
?????? [Tatiana] ???????? [Mostrova]
On traces of the Methodian translation of the Book of JeremiahThe article presents preliminary observations concerning the excerpts from the Book of Jeremiah in the Archival Chronograph (fifteenth century) and Vilno Chronograph (sixteenth century). Accord... see more
?????? [Regina] ??????? [Koicheva]
Some hermeneutical notes on the biblical Psalms The article examines two difficult to interpret verses from the Book of Psalms. The analysis compares the Hebrew text, the Septuagint, the Old Bulgarian text (along with its Church Slavonic version) an... see more
Aleksander Naumow
The Bible in the culture of Polish-Lithuanian Rus’ in the sixteenth centuryBeginning in the mid-fourteenth century, the East Slavic citizens of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (“Ruthenians,” the “Rutheni”) took active part in a process of multicultural... see more
??????? [Nikolai] ?????? [Aretov]
Paradoxical Bulgarian reception of the Bible during the National RevivalThis paper is focused on the difficulties that Bulgarian reception of the Bible encountered in nineteenth century – the lack of older canonical translations and the opposition of the ... see more
????? [Iskra] ????????-?????? [Khristova-Shomova]
Celestial symposium: Commentaries to the Book of Job 1:6 in the Byzantine and Slavic traditionsJob 1:6 is one of several places in the Bible where God’s sons (celestial beings) are mentioned: “One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the... see more
????? [Ivona] ?????????? [Karachorova]
An unknown Slavic text of a catena to the Psalter, in two manuscripts from the Hilandar monasteryThis article presents a hitherto unknown catena to the Psalter. It is divided in two parts, placed in two manuscripts: in Manuscript No. 116 (psalms 1 through... see more
???? [Ivan] ?. [I.] ????? [Iliev]
Some specific lexemes in the Old Bulgarian translation of Hippolytus of Rome’s Commentaries on the Book of Prophet DanielThe object of the current research is Talkovanie na Kniga na propok Daniil – the Slavonic version of the Commentaries on the Book of P... see more
Jan Stradomski
Bible Commentaries by Theophylact of Ohrid in the collection of manuscripts in PolandIn the Church Slavonic literary tradition, Theophylact of Ohrid is mostly associated with his exegeses to the Bible. The collections of Cyrillic manuscripts in Poland inc... see more
??? [Ana] ???????? [Stoikova]
On the possible sources of the apocryphal motif “Satanael refuses to bow to Adam” in one early Christian passionThe article discusses the medieval literary works containing one of the variants of the apocryphal motif “the fall of the Rebel Angel from Heav... see more
Malgorzata Skowronek
On two Slavonic translations of the Renaissance drama Abraham’s sacrificeThe paper’s main aim is to present two South-Slavonic translations of the Renaissance Greek drama Abraham’s sacrifice (I Thysía toú Avraám) by Vincenzo Cornaro; the first one was mad... see more
Izabela Lis-Wielgosz
Biblical component of Old Church Slavonic text – the example of the Old Serbian inscriptionsThe paper deals with the problem of the presence of biblical material in Old Church Slavonic texts. While this question has indeed already been broadly and repeate... see more
?????? [Tatiana] ?????? [Ilieva]
Observations on the theological terminology in the biblical quotations in John the Exarch’s translation of De Fide OrthodoxaThe paper presented here aims at comparing the theological terms as used, on the one hand, in the biblical quotations in John the E... see more
????????? [Radoslava] ???????? [Stankova]
Biblical Topoi in the representation of female saints in Medieval South Slavonic literaturesThe theme of female sanctity in Orthodox Slavonic medieval texts is not a frequent subject of study. The article deals with the specific nature of female sanctity ... see more
???? [Nina] ?????? [Gagova]
St. Simeon – the eternal ruler of the SerbsThe article discusses the development of the cult of St. Simeon (Stefan Nemanja, ca. 1113–1199) in the thirteenth century as a core of the ruler’s ideology and a mirror of the political changes in Serbia. The mai... see more
??????? [Pirinka] ??????? [Penkova]
Towards the reconstruction of Konstantin of Preslav’s translation of Athanasius of Alexandria’s Oratio II against the AriansThe author argues that the translation of Oratio II contra Arianos (MS 968 of the Pogodin Collection, National Library, St. Petersb... see more
Neža Zajc
St Maxim the Greek: Some notes on his understanding of the sacred timeBased on a manuscript by St Maxim the Greek, this article explores his specific understanding of the relationship between language and biblical tradition. It gives some answers to ques... see more
??????? [Mariiana] ?????????-??????? [TSibranska-Kostova]
Composita as marks of holiness in the sixteenth-century Eulogy for the Sofia MartyrsThe article presents preliminary observations concerning the excerpts from the Book of Jeremiah in the Archival Chronograph (fifteenth century) and Vilno Chronograph (sixt... see more
Galia Simeonova-Konach
Cultural artefacts (musical instruments) and music in the Bible: On the question of the music of poetry, hymnography and the lyric poetry of Nikolay LilievThe present paper is dedicated to the symbols of musical culture in semiotic and cultural discourse,... see more
?????? [Aglika] ?????? [Popova]
Adam and Eve, consubstantial: Model and myth of the first Biblical couple in Bulgarian interwar novelThe article examines the first biblical couple as a tool for comparative analysis of the modernist tendencies of Bulgarian novel in the period between th... see more
Ewelina Drzewiecka
In the trap of agnosticism: Judas according to Emiliyan StanevThe article discusses the modern sensation of complete enslavement. It offers an in-depth analysis of Emiliyan Stanev’s short story Lazarus and Jesus (Lazar i Isus; 1977) in the context of rele... see more
Grazyna Szwat-Gylybowa
Philip Rieff’s typology of culture and its applicability to the literary hybridization of the theological ideas of humanity and spiritual progress (a Bulgarian case study)The twentieth century has become in a special way a time of reflection on the theolo... see more
Ivica Bakovic
Theatre as the confluence of the collective and private trauma in Erigon by Jordan PlevnešThe text problematizes the concept of national history and trauma in the play Erigon, written by the contemporary Macedonian playwright Jordan Plevneš. The starting ... see more
Magdalena Boguslawska
Games of a subject: A sketch of the (early) works of Mladen StilinovicThe article concerns the conceptualization of the subject in the works of the contemporary Croatian visual artist Mladen Stilinovic. The object of analysis are most of all works (collag... see more
Patryk Pajak
An Event – between horror and fairy taleAn Event (Dogadaj, 1969) is one of the few Croatian horror movies. In comparison to other examples of the use of the horror genre in Croatian cinema, the film is distinguished by its aesthetic sophistication and ski... see more
Anna Boguska
Borders within borders: A new regionalism in contemporary Croatian literatureThe article is an attempt at a synthetic presentation of Croatian literature researchers’ reflection about regionalism in the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first cent... see more
Joanna Rekas
Memory of the borders: The demarcation productivity of Vodici in the Mijaci - inhabited Macedonian villages of Bituše and EhloecThe main aim of this article is to present ways of expressing the inner (religious) and external (ethnic) social boundaries of... see more
Ida Ciesielska
Vanga complex in Rupite as a religious sanctuaryThe article addresses the Vanga complex that has been developed since 1994 in a Bulgarian village called Rupite. Due to its unique spatial arrangement as well as the ambiguity of the religious practises eng... see more
Wladyslaw Kryzia
An important contribution to the study of South Slavic palaeotypesA review of the new monograph on history of the Bulgarian language: Ivan Petrov, Od inkunabulów do pierwszych gramatyk. Konteksty rozwoju bulgarskiego jezyka literackiego (koniec XV – pocza... see more
Theory in actionA review of the new monograph in anthropology of religion: Kamila Baraniecka-Olszewska, Ukrzyzowani. Wspólczesne misteria meki Panskiej w Polsce, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikolaja Kopernika, Torun 2013. Teoria w dzialaniuRecen... see more
Jaroslaw Rubacha
Obituary – Professor Mieczyslaw Tanty (* 19 July 1928 - † 22 April 2015)This obituary outlines the professional career and work of the outstanding Polish historian and Slavic studies scholar, Professor Mieczyslaw Tanty (19.07.1928–22.04.2015). Wspomn... see more