The Bible and the spiritual space of the Russian word
- Authors: Maslova V.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Vitebsk State university named after P.M. Masherov
- Issue: Vol 23, No 3 (2025): THE HERITAGE OF THE BIBLE IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
- Pages: 448-460
- Section: Cultural Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Aspects
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2618-8163/article/view/348870
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2618-8163-2025-23-3-448-460
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/XQEGBQ
- ID: 348870
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Abstract
Since the end of the twentieth century, linguistics has been laying the foundations for studying another language hypostasis, the spiritual one. However, the categories of spirituality and spirit have not been investigated in Russian language studies yet. This substantiates the relevance of studying the Bible heritage and spiritual space of the Russian word. The aim of the study is to show that the Russian language is the basis for the spirituality of the Russian people, which is formed and preserved in words, set expressions, proverbs with deep sacred meanings. These units fix the system of Bible values and guide the behavior of the people. The material of the study were words, set expressions, proverbs from dictionaries derived from the Bible or having sacred meanings, and some parts of the Bible. The author used descriptive, discursive, and linguistic-cultural analysis and system-semasiological interpretation of the language material. The study showed that the Russian language is the main and necessary source of spirituality for Russian people; it expresses and keeps key ideas about the God, religion, and church, which define intellectual and moral traits of Russian-speaking personality. The study reveals an important aspect of the communicative function of the Russian language, which is realized in prayers, requests to God, and in the sacred meanings of the Russian word as part of its linguistic semantics. The study proves that the Russian linguistic consciousness contains the basic religious and spiritual values and the behavior norms. The Russian language is permeated with biblical meanings so the theological-anthropocentric paradigm of scientific knowledge is prospective for Russian language studies.
About the authors
Valentina A. Maslova
Vitebsk State university named after P.M. Masherov
Author for correspondence.
Email: mvavit@tut.by
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8717-9231
SPIN-code: 2442-4318
Scopus Author ID: 57222509849
Doctor of Philology, Professor, Professor of the Department of Preschool and Elementary Education
33 Moskovsky Avenue, Vitebsk, 210038, Republic of BelarusReferences
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