Folk bible of central-eastern europe, the
Auteur :
Zowczak, Magdalena
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631787496
Date de publication :
8 nov. 2019
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
653 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This work concerns the transmission of the Bible within Catholic and Orthodox tradition in rural communities from central Poland to Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine during the collapse of the USSR. The folk Bible is linked to Christian and Jewish Apocrypha, and biblical topics mingle with local legends and expressions of identity.