Institute of Modern Greek Studies NEW PUBLICATION/ A Hermeneutic Dictionary of Religious Terminology
Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation)
of the A.U.Th.
NEW PUBLICATION
I. E. Stefanis
Άγια και βέβηλα της νέας ελληνικής
[Sacred and Profane in Modern Greek]
This work with the ingenious title Άγια και Βέβηλα της νέας ελληνικής [Sacred and Profane in Modern Greek] and the clarifying subtitle [A Hermeneutic Dictionary of Religious Terminology] by Ioannis Stephanis, Professor Emeritus of Classical Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is a “tool for the understanding and use of religious, irreligious and seemingly religious words of our contemporary language”, according to its author. Its over 15,000 entries include theological, religious and liturgical terms concerning every aspect of our old and modern religious life (e.g. Ααρών, Αβαδών, άβακας, αβάπτιστος, άβατος, αβ(β)αείο, etc.). And, of course, many of them (e.g. άγιος, ιερός, Παναγία, παπάς, Χριστός) are uniquely extensive, are analysed exhaustively and contain a large number of examples and references.
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Contents, Preface and Introduction (http://ins.web.auth.gr/images/stories/lexika/AGIA_DEIGMA.pdf)
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