The Jevanhelije Ucytelnoje of Meletij Smotryckyj (Hardcover)

Meletij Smotryc'kyj viewed his Homilary Gospel (Jevanhelije ucytelnoje, Vievis, 1616) as a crucial requirement for the "spiritual good" of the Ruthenian (Ukrainian-Belorussian) nation. In light of the fierce debate over the Union of Brest (1596) he saw the need for an Orthodox collection of Gospel pericopes and sermons in the vernacular to supplant reliance on Polish Catholic and Protestant postils. Thus, he translated into Ruthenian a Church Slavonic collection of sermons on the Gospels, while simultaneously introducing formal revisions that allowed the work to compete more successfully with similar Polish texts. As a result, the Homilary Gospel is important as a critical polemical text from the Catholic-Orthodox debate and also as a monument of early Ukrainian literature. This volume reproduces in facsimile the original printed edition along with three different versions of the Preface written by Smotryc'kyj. The Introduction sets the work in its literary and religious contexts and discusses Smotryc'kyj's methods of translation and adaptation.

General

Imprint:	Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute,U.S.
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1987
First published:	1987
Authors:	Meletij Smotryc'kyj • David A Frick
Dimensions:	293 x 222 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	576
ISBN-13:	978-0-916458-21-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian life & practice > Christian religious instruction Books > History > European history > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > Christian religious instruction Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice > Christian religious instruction Books > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
LSN:	0-916458-21-0
Barcode:	9780916458218

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