WESTERN HOLY LAND STUDIES AS A SETTING FOR THE STUDY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF IMPERIAL ORTHODOX PALESTINIAN SOCIETY

Authors

  • Дмитрий Александрович Браткин St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

Abstract

Th e article argues for the new study of the activities of Russian Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society in the setting of the Western Holy Land Studies. Th e latter is to be studied as a phenomenon of the European culture of the 19th century within the mental landscape and mindset dominated by a number of specifi c European/Christian concepts (e.g., Orientalism, supercessionalism, etc). In order to show fears and expectations imposed upon the practical explorations in Palestine the author uses the novel When It Was Dark by Guy Th orne (1904), which describes a ‘great conspiracy’ to destroy Christianity by means of an archaeological fake.

Keywords:

Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, Holy Land Studies, European Culture, 19 century, mass culture

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Published

2018-11-22

How to Cite

Браткин, Д. А. (2018). WESTERN HOLY LAND STUDIES AS A SETTING FOR THE STUDY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF IMPERIAL ORTHODOX PALESTINIAN SOCIETY. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 31(1), 83–88. Retrieved from https://philosophyjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/2906

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2015): Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Series 17. PHILOSOPHY. CONFLICT STUDIES. CULTURE STUDIES. RELIGIOUS STUDIES.

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Philosophy

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