Irina Sergeevna Sventsitskaya ( January 28, 1929 , Scheglovsk - November 18, 2006 , Moscow ) is a Soviet and Russian historian - an antiquologist , the author of works on the history of early Christianity and antiquity [1] . Doctor of Historical Sciences (1973), Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (1993). The author of a number of scientific and popular science books, one of the authors of the repeatedly reprinted school textbook on the history of the Ancient World. One of the authors of the Atheistic Dictionary .
| Irina Sergeevna Sventsitskaya | |
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 In Gordon’s program No. 210 “The Mythologization of History” ( May 5, 2003 ) | |
| Date of Birth | January 28, 1929 |
| Place of Birth | Scheglovsk , USSR |
| Date of death | November 18, 2006 (aged 77) |
| A place of death | Moscow , Russian Federation |
| A country |  USSR →  Russia |
| Scientific field | Antiquity , the history of Christianity |
| Place of work | Moscow State University M. A. Sholokhov |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University named after A. A. Zhdanov |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Historical Sciences |
| Academic rank | Professor |
| supervisor | K. M. Kolobova |
| Known as | specialist in the history of early Christianity, author of translations of early Christian texts |
| Awards and prizes |  "Bronze Icarus" |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Scientific works
- 2.1 Monographs
- 2.2 Scientific edition
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
Father is the younger brother of the White Guard General A.P. Kutepov , so the surname was given by mother. The place of birth was changed during the war to the city of Pushkin , Leningrad Region, to hide the fact of birth during the exile of the father. The family never lived in Pushkin . In 1936, Sventsitskaya entered Leningrad school No. 7. During the blockade of Leningrad, until July 1942, she was in the besieged city, then was evacuated to Saratov . In September 1943, the mother of I.S. Sventsitskaya died, and in December she returned to Leningrad to her aunt. In 1946, Sventsitskaya graduated from school number 33 with a silver medal. Then she entered the Faculty of History of Leningrad State University and graduated with honors.
Since September 1951 - graduate student of the Department of Ancient History of the same faculty. In 1954 she defended her thesis on the topic " Land holdings of the cities of western Asia Minor in the III — I centuries. BC e. "(Supervisor - K. M. Kolobova ) [2] .
After defending her dissertation, Sventsitskaya moved to Moscow and from November 1954 began teaching at the Moscow Correspondence Pedagogical University as an assistant. From 1964 - associate professor, from 1976 - professor at the same university, from November 1975 to August 1991 - head of the department of the history of the ancient world. In March 1972, I. S. Sventsitskaya defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic " Land Relations in Western Asia Minor of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods " [2] . In 1993, she was awarded the title " Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation " [3] .
I. S. Sventsitskaya is the author of more than 180 publications on various topics [2] . Her work on the history of early Christianity , including non-fiction, is best known. In 1966, her popular science book The Forbidden Gospels received a second prize at an all-union competition. In 2006, the work “The Fates of the Apostles: Myths and Reality” was awarded the international literary prize “ Bronze Icarus ” as the best popular science work [2] .
I.S.Sventsitskaya belonged to the Soviet historical school, which allowed the historicity of Jesus as a real religious preacher (in contrast to the mythological school ). So, in the afterword to the book of the Polish writer and researcher Zenon Kosidowski “Tales of the Evangelists” she writes:
... The accumulation of new material (in particular, the discovery of Qumran manuscripts, papyrus fragments of the gospels, analysis of the general laws of myth-making) prompted some Soviet scholars to raise the question of the possible historical existence of Jesus - a preacher from Galilee ( A. P. Kazhdan , I. D. Amusin , M. . M. Kublanov , as well as the author of these lines) ", however," recognition of the reality of the prototype for the image of Jesus Christ does not change our ideas about the mythological nature of the main New Testament legends.
- Sventsitskaya I. S. Afterword // Kosidovsky Z. Tales of the Evangelists. - M .: Politizdat , 1977 .-- S. 248-249 .
The scientific interests of Sventsitskaya were not limited to the history of Christianity. She published a number of works on land relations and the structure of the civil community in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. She also, for example, carried out scientific editing of I. Bikerman 's work , “The State of the Seleucids” (M., 1985) [2] . Sventsitskaya’s participation in the writing and publication of the three-volume “History of the Ancient World” (edited by I. M. Dyakonov , V. D. Neronova , I. S. Sventsitskaya. M., 1982; M., 1983; M., 1989 is also noteworthy. ) Irina Sergeevna Sventsitskaya was also one of the authors of the famous school textbook on the history of the ancient world for grade 5.
Her husband is a historian, candidate of pedagogical sciences Georgy Izrailevich Goder (1929-2011) [4] .
She was buried in Moscow, at the Vostryakovsky cemetery .
Scientific Papers
Monographs
- Sventsitskaya I. S. Socio-economic characteristics of the Hellenistic states. - M.: Higher School , 1963.
- Sventsitskaya I.S. Prohibited Gospels. - M .: Politizdat, 1965.
- Sventsitskaya I.S. Myths and reality. - M.: Knowledge , 1975.
- Sventsitskaya I. S. Socio-political and philosophical teachings of ancient Greece and Rome. - M., 1975.
- Sventsitskaya I. S. Secret writings of the first Christians. - M .: Politizdat, 1980, 1981.
- History of the Ancient World / Edited by I. M. Dyakonov , V. D. Neronova , I. S. Sventskaya . - M .: The main edition of the eastern literature of the publishing house "Science" , 1982, 1983, 1989.
- Sventsitskaya I. S. From the community to the church: on the formation of the Christian church. - M .: Politizdat , 1985 .-- 224 p., 100,000 copies.
- Sventsitskaya I. S. Early Christianity: pages of history. - M .: Politizdat, 1987, 1988, 1989.
- Apocrypha of ancient Christians: Study, texts, comments / Caller ID at the Central Committee of the CPSU . Institute of Science atheism ; Editorial board: A.F. Okulov (previous) and others .-- M .: Thought , 1989 .-- 336 p.
- Apocryphal Gospels: Studies, texts, comments. - M., 1996.
- Sventsitskaya I. S. First Christians and the Roman Empire. - M .: Veche, 2003 .-- 384 p., 7,000 copies.
- Sventitskaya I.S. Fates of the Apostles: myths and reality. - M., 2005.
- Sventsitskaya I. S. Outcasts of the Eternal City. The first Christians in ancient Rome. - M., 2006.
- Ancient world history. Textbook for grade 5. (In collaboration with A. A. Vigasin and G. I. Goder .)
Scientific Editors
- Knabe G. S. Cornelius Tacitus: Time. Life Books / Academy of Sciences. THE USSR; Ed. I. S. Sventsitskaya. - M .: Nauka , 1981. - 208 p. - ( Scientific biographies ) - 200,000 copies.
Notes
- ↑ Sergey Pavlovich Kutepov .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Irina Sergeevna Sventsitskaya (01/28/1929 - 11/18/2006) // Bulletin of ancient history . - 2007. - No. 2 . - S. 228-231 .
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 15, 1993 N 1916 conferring the honorary title "Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation" to professors of higher educational institutions "
- ↑ Chernova M. Continuity in history
Literature
- Irina Sergeevna Sventsitskaya (01/28/1929 - 11/18/2006) // Bulletin of ancient history . - 2007. - No. 2 . - S. 228-231 .