New wine and old wineskins: new content of biblical phraseology in modern Russian discourse

the article is devoted to the analysis of the reasons that lead to the rupture of intertextual connections of Вiblical phraseology with the primary source. These include the loss by native speakers of sacred knowledge about the Вiblical phraseology (the plot of the parable, its allegorical meaning), the semantic perspective of the parable as a genre, oblivion, and reinterpretation of archaism or historicism as part of a phraseological unit. Using the example of the biblical phraseology return of the prodigal son, it is shown how in Russian linguoculture, based on the old model, a new, rather flexible phraseological unit is created, which has the potential of endless variations. Biblical phraseological unit almost completely loses its connection with the original source (the Bible), nevertheless turning out to be a stable structure that can be filled with new semantics due to the potential variability of one of the components. The article shows that the weakening of ties with the primary source, the Biblical text, makes many Russian Biblical phraseological units a ready–made form for new experiments in discourse, which can be demonstrated based on data from the National Corpus of the Russian Language. The purpose of the article is to show the reasons for the transformation of the meaning of Вiblical phraseology in modern Russian discourse. The objectives of the article are to demonstrate the possibilities of transforming the semantics and structure of Biblical phraseological units. The practical significance lies in the fact that the results obtained can be used in teaching practice and translation activities.

Russian discourse, biblical studies, transformation of biblical studies, intertextual fragment, intertexteme, linguoculture