Apocryphal images of the other world in the Apocrypha "The vision of the Apostle Paul", "Walking of the Virgin by Flour", "Questions and Answers of St. Athanasius to the Antiochus"
Author(s) -
V. Milkov
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
language and text
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2312-2757
DOI - 10.17759/langt.2017040407
Subject(s) - apostle , apocrypha , paradise , art , literature , classics , history , philosophy , art history , theology
In the publication the apocryphal texts are reproduced and analyzed, which describe the other world and the posthumous destinies of souls of the dead people. A place of torment sinners and Paradise are described in such Apocryphas as "The Vision of the Apostle Paul", "Walking of the Virgin by Flour", "Questions and Answers of St. Athanasius to the Antiochus". In the analytical part of the publication the author systemizes data about the editions of the apocryphal works and gives information about the manuscripts in which the data revision submitted. The publication contains the translation of the Apocrypha in modern Russian language.
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