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Language and Text
2016. Vol. 3, no. 4, 44–71
doi:10.17759/langt.2016030405
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

The Theme of the Earthly Paradise in the Ancient Apocrypha 1: Walking of Zosima to Rahmanam

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V. Milkov

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Abstract

The publication reproduces and analyzes the text, the plot of which is constructed as a journey to the earthly paradise. The characteristics of the blessed life of the people, whose features were formed under the influence of the Old Testament Legends of the Rechabites, and the story of Rahman, which was reproduced in the different versions of the stories about Alexander the Great. The publication is provided with a translation into the modern Russian language and comments.

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Keywords: old Russian book-learning (bookishness), the Apocrypha, the publication of text and translation, earthly paradise, Rahman, Rechabites.

Journal rubric: World Literature. Textology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2016030405

For citation: Milkov V. The Theme of the Earthly Paradise in the Ancient Apocrypha 1: Walking of Zosima to Rahmanam [Elektronnyi resurs]. Âzyk i tekst = Language and Text, 2016. Vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 44–71. DOI: 10.17759/langt.2016030405. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Vladimir Milkov, Doctor of Philosophy, Senior Researcher, Department of History of Russian Philosophy, The Institute of philosophe RAS, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: dr_milkov@mail.ru

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