The Significance of Antitrinitarian Translations of the Bible into Polish in the Dialogue between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Eastern and Western Europe

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Verbum Vitae Pub Date : 2023-06-12 DOI:10.31743/vv.15126

Rajmund Pietkiewicz

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Abstract

The author of this essay poses the question about the significance of antitrinitarian translations of the Bible into Polish for the exchange of ideas and achievements of science between Eastern and Western Europe in the second half of the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth centuries. In an attempt to systematize various facets of this significance, the author will deal with the bibliographical and bibliological aspects of the editions of the Bible in the Polish language, the dynamics of the development of Polish antitrinitarian biblical translations and biblical editing against the background of the history of the Polish Brethren in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the sources of the translations and the influence they exercised in the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and abroad. The author’s research made it possible to identify two directions of the exchange of ideas. The first direction is the reception in Central and Eastern Europe of the achievements of Western biblical philology and exegesis. The second is related to the Polish Brethren’s contribution to Western Europe’s science and culture. Particularly noteworthy here is the voice of Polish Antitrinitarians in the field of research into the criticism of the biblical text, although this impact was limited due to the language barrier. Of much greater importance were the translations of the Polish Brethren in the East (the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Muscovite lands), where the language barrier was less significant. They also popularized the philological and exegetical achievements of the West among the Karaites and Tatars of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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《圣经》反三位一体翻译在波兰立陶宛联邦、东欧和西欧对话中的意义

本文的作者提出了一个问题，即《圣经》波兰语的反基督教翻译对16世纪下半叶和17世纪上半叶东欧和西欧之间的思想交流和科学成就的意义。为了系统化这一意义的各个方面，作者将在波兰-立陶宛联邦的波兰兄弟会历史背景下，处理波兰语版《圣经》的书目和书目方面，波兰反基督教圣经翻译和圣经编辑的发展动态，翻译的来源及其在波兰立陶宛联邦境内和国外的影响力。作者的研究使人们能够确定思想交流的两个方向。第一个方向是在中欧和东欧接受西方圣经文献学和注释学的成就。二是波兰兄弟会对西欧科学文化的贡献。这里特别值得注意的是波兰反宗教主义者在研究圣经文本批评方面的声音，尽管由于语言障碍，这种影响是有限的。更重要的是东部（立陶宛大公国和莫斯科人的土地）的波兰兄弟会的翻译，那里的语言障碍不那么严重。他们还在立陶宛大公国的卡拉特人和鞑靼人中推广了西方的文献学和训诫学成就。

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Verbum Vitae Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

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0.70

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16 weeks

期刊介绍： Published since 2002, "Verbum Vitae" is issued biannually by the Institute of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Each issue of the journal includes scholarly articles dedicated to a specific biblical theme and presented in three sections: (I) Old Testament, (II) New Testament, and (III) Patristics and the Life of the Church. The final "Life of the Church" perspective tries to broaden out each issue''s given topic into its multiple connections and implications, mostly dogmatic, moral, pastoral, liturgical, or sociological. The forth section of the journal always consists of reviews of recently published monographs and collections on biblical themes. Because of the journal''s interdisciplinary character, it seeks to include among the contributors not only biblical scholars but also theologians of various specializations.