Open AccessCoptic Christian Symbolism in Art as a Problem of Cultural Studies
Author(s) -
D. Y. Pozdnyakova
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2013-3-30-241-242
Subject(s) - prayer , symbol (formal) , alphabet , reading (process) , value (mathematics) , literature , art , philosophy , theology , linguistics , mathematics , statistics
In dialogue Coptic and Russian religious culture reveals value of the symbol letter Iota, the tenth letter of the Coptic alphabet, which begins the name of Jesus Christ. Symbols of letter writing is compared with pronouncing the name of Jesus and reading the prayer of Jesus