Contextuality of the Bible in Lithuania until the End of the Eighteenth Century

Devoted to the principles of the Bible on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Lithuania Minor.

The collective book by Lithuanian researchers presents research conducted in Lithuania on the historical and socio-cultural contexts of the Bible and the ways in which it functioned in Lithuanian writing from its beginning to the 18th century. The ways of religious communication, the dissemination of religious and social ideas in the works of theologians, the functioning of biblical texts and the ways of their transmission are shown. The articles review the problems of translating the Bible into Lithuanian and Slavic languages, consider the influence of other languages and cultures on the formation of the Lithuanian language in its early development, and address issues of editing and publishing religious writings.

Préface
The articles by Lithuanian researchers present research conducted in Lithuania on the historical and socio-cultural contexts of the Bible and the ways in which it functioned in Lithuanian writing from its beginning to the 18th century. The ways of religious communication, the dissemination of religious and social ideas in the works of theologians, the functioning of biblical texts and the ways of their transmission are shown. The articles review the problems of translating the Bible into Lithuanian and Slavic languages, consider the influence of other languages and cultures on the formation of the Lithuanian language in its early development, and address issues of editing and publishing religious writings.

Auteur
Kristina Rutkovska is Professor at the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Baltic Region, University of Vilnius.Kristina Rutkowska is Professor of the Institute for the Languages and Cultures of the Baltic of the Vilnius University.Rajmund Pietkiewicz is Professor and Vice-President of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocaw.Rajmund Pietkiewicz is Professor and Vice-President of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocaw.