The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome: The History of the Legend and Its Legacy, or, How the Translator of the Vulgate Became an Apostle of the Slavs (Niu Orthodox Christian Studies) - Hardcover

Verkholantsev, Julia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875804853 ISBN 13: 9780875804859

Verlag: Northern Illinois University Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome is the first book-length study of the medieval legend that Church Father and biblical translator St. Jerome was a Slav who invented the Slavic (Glagolitic) alphabet and Roman Slavonic rite. Julia Ver­kholantsev locates the roots of this belief among the Latin clergy in Dalmatia in the 13th century and describes in fascinating detail how Slavic leaders subsequently appropriated it to further their own political agendas.

The Slavic language, written in Jerome’s alphabet and endorsed by his authority, gained the unique privilege in the Western Church of being the only language other than Latin, Greek, and Hebrew acceptable for use in the liturgy. Such privilege, confirmed repeatedly by the popes, resulted in the creation of narratives about the distinguished historical mission of the Slavs and became a possible means for bridging the divide between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in the Slavic-speaking lands.

In the 14th century the legend spread from Dalmatia to Bohemia and Poland, where Glagolitic monasteries were established to honor the Apostle of the Slavs Jerome and the rite and letters he created. The myth of Jerome’s apostolate among the Slavs gained many supporters among the learned and spread far and wide, reaching Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and England.

Grounded in extensive archival research, Verkholantsev examines the sources and trajectory of the legend of Jerome’s Slavic fellowship within a wider context of European historical and theological thought. This unique volume will appeal to medievalists, Slavicists, scholars of religion, those interested in saints’ cults, and specialists of philology.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Julia Verkholantsev is associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Ruthenica Bohemica: Ruthenian Translations from Czech in Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland.

Julia Verkholantsev is Associate Professor in the department of Russian and East European Studies at University of Pennsylvania. She is author of Ruthenica Bohemica.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Northern Illinois University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0875804853
• ISBN 13: 9780875804859
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 262
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