O niektórych cechach stylistycznojęzykowych Apokalipsy św. Jana (na materiale współczesnych przekładów)
On some stylistic and linguistic features of the Apocalypse of St. John (on the material of contemporary translations)

Author(s): Danuta Bieńkowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Biblical studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Apocalypse of St. John; Revelation of St. John; contemporary translations of the Holy Scriptures; stylistics
Summary/Abstract: The last book of the New Testament - the Apocalypse (Revelation) of St. John - is included by biblical scholars in the group of prophetic (apocalyptic-prophetic) texts. Characteristic features of this biblical genre are: a) vision (pictoriality); b) prophetic (prophesying, fortune telling, fortune telling); c) mystery (fantastic, symbolic, allegorical, parabolic); d) specific mood (catastrophism, atmosphere of tension and terror, as well as hieratic, solemnity). The article discusses the linguistic means by which these features are expressed in five contemporary Polish translations of the Revelation of St. John.

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