A collection of Lithuanian scholarly articles in English "Contextuality of the Bible in Lithuania until the End of the Eighteenth Century" has been published by the renowned publishing house Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Germany), which focuses on publications in the fields of Theology and Religion, History, Ancient History, Philosophy and Philology. The book is part of the series Eastern and Central European Voices (ECEV), which aims to highlight work in theology and religious studies in Eastern and Central Europe. The book is edited by Dr Kristina Rutkowska, Professor at the Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, and Rajmund Pietkiewicz, Professor and Vice-President of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław (Poland). Both professors are also members of the ECEV publishing group, of which Professor Rajmund Pietkiewicz is the founder and editor-in-chief.
The publishing house states: "The collective book by Lithuanian researchers presents research conducted in Lithuania on the historical and socio-cultural contexts of the Bible and the ways in which it functioned in Lithuanian writing from its beginning to the 18th century. The ways of religious communication, the dissemination of religious and social ideas in the works of theologians, the functioning of biblical texts and the ways of their transmission are shown. The articles review the problems of translating the Bible into Lithuanian and Slavic languages, consider the influence of other languages and cultures on the formation of the Lithuanian language in its early development, and address issues of editing and publishing religious writings".
A link to the publication can be found here.