Helenizmo kultūros samprata Antano Rubšio biblistikoje
Hellenist Culture in the Context of Antanas Rubšys’ Bible Studies

Summary/Abstract: The prelate Antanas Rubšys (1923-2002), in the middle of the 20th century, was already involved in the archaeological research of historic places mentioned in the Holy Scripture, the results of which were later applied to text-analytical studies of the Old and New Testaments. From this point of view, the following voluminous works of Rubšys may be excluded: “Key to the Old Testament” and “Key to the New Testament”. These works, in addition to other issues, analyse the interaction between culture and religion, and present premises for internal and external change in the Near East. All propositions presented by Rubšys are grounded on ideological principles formulated by unknown authors of the Old Testament, and historical parallels thereof, which partially reveal the internal split in Jewish culture during the Hellenist period. The purpose of this article is to discuss one of the many historical aspects analysed in Rubšys’ works, i.e. reflections of Hellenist culture and its evaluation in narrations of the Old Testament.

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