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Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures

Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures

Hardcover

Series: Sense, Matter, and Medium, Book 8

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryEastern European History

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ISBN10: 3110779102
ISBN13: 9783110779103
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Mar 4 2024
Pages: 408
Weight: 2.45
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.60 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures is a thematic essay volume to investigate the history and function of enigma in Orthodox Slavic cultures with a special focus on the cultural history of Rus and Muscovy. Its seventeen case studies across disciplinary boundaries analyze Slavic biblical and patristic translations, liturgical commentaries, occult divinatory texts, and dream interpretations. Slavic riddles inscribed on walls and compilations of riddles in question-and-answer format are all subjects of this volume. Not only written, but also pictorial enigmas are examined, together with their relationships to texts suggesting novel methodologies for their deciphering. This kaleidoscopic survey of Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures by an international group of scholars demonstrates the historiographical challenges that medieval enigmatic thought poses for researchers and offers new approaches to the interpretation of medieval sources, both verbal and visual.

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