EXAMPLES OF PHILOLOGICAL EXEGESIS OF THE SACRED WRITINGS IN THE WORKS OF RUSSIAN LEXICOGRAPHY OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CHURCH DICTIONARY OF ARCHPRIEST P. ALEKSEEV)

Abstract

Aim. The article aims to analyze the samples of philological exegesis of the Holy Scriptures' texts presented in the Church Dictionary (1773-1794) by Archpriest P. Alekseev.. Methodology. The study Used the linguotextological method, descriptive and analytical methods. Results. The study revealed that P. Alekseev's Church Dictionary is the first in the history of Russian lexicography and the only fundamental philological and exegetic dictionary publication in Russia in the 18th century. The innovation of P. Alekseev as a lexicographer-biblical scholar is that in his lexicographic practice, guided by the ideas of the religious Enlightenment and the instructions of the fathers of the Orthodox Church when commenting on the texts of the Holy Scriptures, he used various techniques of the philological method in the Church Dictionary (etymological, contextual, textual), supporting the results obtained with information from other fields of knowledge. Research implications. The article contributes to studying the history of Russian lexicography and biblical philology of the 18th century. The results of the study could be used in the university practice of teaching philological and theological disciplines.

Keywords

• Church dictionary
• Russian lexicography
• 18th century
• Bible
• exegetics