THE BIBLE FROM BUCHAREST- SYMBOL OF UNITY OVER CENTURIES
THE BIBLE FROM BUCHAREST- SYMBOL OF UNITY OVER CENTURIES
Author(s): Agnes Terezia ErichSubject(s): Language studies, History of Church(es), 17th Century, Biblical studies
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Bucharest Bible; 1688; Serban Cantacuzino; Bible; Romanian language;
Summary/Abstract: The Bucharest Bible, printed in 1688 and also known as the "Serban Cantacuzino Bible", is a unique book in Romanian culture. Editing the Bible from 1688 was a complicated process that had to solve church terminology not previously encountered. Six years before the group of scholars responsible for writing the Bible in Romanian began to form. By having a broadcasting area covering practically all the territories inhabited by Romanians, and that its text was taken up in a very short time in the cult of the Church, each new translation of the Bible into Romanian directly influenced the evolution of spirituality, the language and, last but not least, even the Romanian artistic expression. The Bible appears in history as a symbol of national unity, because its intense circulation and the effort made to print it contributed to preserving the Romanian unity of language.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 83-88
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian