THE DIONYSUS CULTAS A TYPE OF PRE-CHRISTIANITYIN VJACHESLAV IVANOV’S «DIONYSUS AND THE ANCESTORS OF THE DIONYSUS CULT (PRA-DIONISIJSTVO)»

THE DIONYSUS CULTAS A TYPE OF PRE-CHRISTIANITYIN VJACHESLAV IVANOV’S «DIONYSUS AND THE ANCESTORS OF THE DIONYSUS CULT (PRA-DIONISIJSTVO)»

This article takes into consideration the concept of the origin of the religion of Dionysus, as it is set out in the volume of Vjacheslav Ivanov which was fi nally reprinted in the year 1994. In spite of its apparent content, hinted at in the title, many scholars have come to the conclusion that the...

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Main Author: N. VAGANOVA
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2010-11-01
Series:Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия
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as it is set out in the volume of Vjacheslav Ivanov which was fi nally reprinted in the year 1994. In spite of its apparent content
hinted at in the title
many scholars have come to the conclusion that the book deals as much with Christianity
as it does with Dionysus cult. At the same time
independently from the preconceptions and value systems of many critics of Ivanov’s ideas
his conclusion «The Son of God was born among the Hellenes» has been challenged both by certain contemporary classical philologists as well as by some theologians. But at the same time
if we examine besides the recent studies of Ivanov
the entire complex of contemporary studies of early Christian and Byzantine art
which have appeared during the past decades
we are led to believe that we should be more attentive to some of the conclusions of Ivanov himself. For Ivanov
the Russian «Hellene»
Vjacheslav Ivanov
Dionysus
Christianity
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