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Language and Text
2016. Vol. 3, no. 4, 72–101
doi:10.17759/langt.2016030406
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

The Theme of the Earthly Heaven in the Ancient Apocrypha 2: The Legend of Rome Macarius

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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 earthy paradise. Paradise is considered in the Apocrypha as a geographical reality. The peculiarity of this Apocrypha is a combination of hagiographical genre of walking to the genre, reflecting the combined works of the nature. The publication is provided with a translation of the Apocrypha in the modern Russian language and comments.

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Keywords: Old Russian book culture, the Apocrypha, the publication of text and translation, the earthly heaven , the synthesis of hagiographical genre to the genre of walking.

Journal rubric: World Literature. Textology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2016030406

For citation: Milkov V. The Theme of the Earthly Heaven in the Ancient Apocrypha 2: The Legend of Rome Macarius [Elektronnyi resurs]. Âzyk i tekst = Language and Text, 2016. Vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 72–101. DOI: 10.17759/langt.2016030406. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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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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