The Bible. Old Testament. New Testament. In 3 volumes.
49.99 €
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The Bible. Old Testament. New Testament. In 3 volumes.
49.99 €
The Bible is not only the foundation of Christianity but also a vital part of world culture. Its Old Testament was written in Hebrew. These texts, created from the 15th to the 1st centuries BCE, were carefully preserved during rewriting, and by the 10th century CE, thanks to the efforts of Jewish scholars—the Masoretes—who worked with ancient manuscripts of the Holy Scriptures, they had finally acquired their established form. The Old Testament, translated into ancient Greek in Alexandria between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE, became known as the Septuagint, or "translation of the seventy elders." The New Testament of the Bible was also written in ancient Greek. At the end of the 4th century CE, the Vulgate, a translation of the Bible into Latin, appeared, and it was this "Latin Bible" that was first printed in 1450 by Johannes Gutenberg. In the 9th century, Cyril and Methodius translated the Bible into Old Church Slavonic. With the advent of printing in Rus', the Bible began to be published in Church Slavonic; these texts were used in both church and home use. In 1751, by decree of Empress Elizabeth, they were verified against the Septuagint. However, by that time, not all Russians understood Church Slavonic, so by decree of Alexander I, the Bible began to be published in Russian. The translation was carried out by the Synod—the highest state body of church governance—and hence it became known as the Synodal Translation. The translation of 39 canonical books of the Old Testament was carried out from Hebrew (the Masoretic text); ten non-canonical books were translated from Greek, and one from the Latin Vulgate. The translation of the New Testament was made from the original Greek.
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