Contextuality of the Bible in Lithuania until the End of the Eighteenth Century

Contributions by Mindaugas Šinkūnas Contributions by Ona Aleknavičienė Contributions by Birutė Triškaitė Contributions by Jūratė Pajėdienė Contributions by Jolanta Gelumbeckaitė Contributions by Kristina Rutkovska Contributions by Sergejus Temcinas Contributions by Galina Miškinienė Contributions by Viktorija Vaitkevičiūtė Edited by Kristina Rutkovska Edited by Rajmund Pietkiewicz Series edited by Rajmund Pietkiewicz Series edited by Piotr Burgoński

Book cover: Contextuality of the Bible in Lithuania until the End of the Eighteenth Century

Extent: 403 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2024)

ISBN: 9783525500842

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $175.00

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This collective book by Lithuanian researchers presents research conducted in Lithuania on the historical and sociocultural contexts of the Bible and the ways in which it functioned in Lithuanian writing from its beginning to the 18th century. The ways of religious communication, the dissemination of religious and social ideas in the works of theologians, the functioning of biblical texts and the ways of their transmission are shown. The articles review the problems of translating the Bible into Lithuanian and Slavic languages, consider the influence of other languages and cultures on the formation of the Lithuanian language in its early development, and address issues of editing and publishing religious writings.


The collective book by Lithuanian researchers presents research conducted in Lithuania on the historical and socio-cultural contexts of the Bible and the ways in which it functioned in Lithuanian writing from its beginning to the 18th century. The ways of religious communication, the dissemination of religious and social ideas in the works of theologians, the functioning of biblical texts and the ways of their transmission are shown. The articles review the problems of translating the Bible into Lithuanian and Slavic languages, consider the influence of other languages and cultures on the formation of the Lithuanian language in its early development, and address issues of editing and publishing religious writings.

  • Contributions by Mindaugas Šinkūnas
  • Contributions by Ona Aleknavičienė
  • Contributions by Birutė Triškaitė
  • Contributions by Jūratė Pajėdienė
  • Contributions by Jolanta Gelumbeckaitė
  • Contributions by Kristina Rutkovska
  • Contributions by Sergejus Temcinas
  • Contributions by Galina Miškinienė
  • Contributions by Viktorija Vaitkevičiūtė
  • Edited by Kristina Rutkovska
  • Edited by Rajmund Pietkiewicz
  • Series edited by Rajmund Pietkiewicz
  • Series edited by Piotr Burgoński