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2018. Vol. 5, no. 1, 73–95
doi:10.17759/langt.2018010107
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

The Teaching of Luka Zhidyata: ideological and religious originality and political background

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V. Milkov

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Abstract

The Teaching of Luka Zhidyata is the most ancient Russian teaching. The ideological content of Luka Zhidyata's Teaching analyzes in the article. Points of the moral program and its sources are considered. Proofs are provided that the archbishop addressed the sermon not to all the people of Novgorod, but only to city elite. The moral precepts have political implication. The conclusion that Luka Zhidyata acted in interests of the Kiev prince Yaroslav. The text of Luka Zhidyat's Teaching is published in the appendix.

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Keywords: Ancient Russia, Luka Zhidyata, the most ancient Russian teaching, religious and philosophical thought, moral and policy

Journal rubric: World Literature. Textology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2018010107

For citation: Milkov V. The Teaching of Luka Zhidyata: ideological and religious originality and political background [Elektronnyi resurs]. Âzyk i tekst = Language and Text, 2018. Vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 73–95. DOI: 10.17759/langt.2018010107. (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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