Abstract
The paper raises the question of functioning of Biblical tradition in modern culture in the perspective of the history of ideas. Referring to the postsecular interpretation of the Modernity, the research is based on Biblical paraphrases in Bulgarian literature of the interwar period, which are perceived as a testimony of the search for a worldview. The aim is to show how a situation of ideological turmoil accompanied by experiences of social crisis leads to utilizing a Gnostic worldview. The phenomenon is seen in a broader context as an illustration of transmission of ideas within the Western culture and religious thought.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Allegory and Religious Pluralism: Biblical Interpretation in the Eighteenth Century
- Ireland and the Old Testament: Transmission, Translation, and Unexpected Influence
- The Bulgarian Worldview Mosaic: Literary Paraphrases of the Bible as a Source for the History of Ideas
- Scripture and Power: Four Anecdotes from Early Seventeenth-Century England
- “God Never Appeared to Moses:” Eusebius of Caesarea’s Peculiar Exegesis of the Burning Bush Theophany
- “The Greatest Paradox of All”: The “Place of God” in the Mystical Theologies of Gregory of Nyssa and Evagrius of Pontus
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Allegory and Religious Pluralism: Biblical Interpretation in the Eighteenth Century
- Ireland and the Old Testament: Transmission, Translation, and Unexpected Influence
- The Bulgarian Worldview Mosaic: Literary Paraphrases of the Bible as a Source for the History of Ideas
- Scripture and Power: Four Anecdotes from Early Seventeenth-Century England
- “God Never Appeared to Moses:” Eusebius of Caesarea’s Peculiar Exegesis of the Burning Bush Theophany
- “The Greatest Paradox of All”: The “Place of God” in the Mystical Theologies of Gregory of Nyssa and Evagrius of Pontus