Nikolai Rumyantsev (historian)
Nikolai Vasilyevich Rumyantsev (Template:Lang-ru, 1892–1956) was a Soviet author of several publications on the history of Christianity. He was also a member of the Soviet circle "Atheist" and the Union of Militant Atheists.[1] In the 1920s Rumyantsev was one of the leading proponents of the so-called mythological school in the Soviet academia.[2] He authored such publications, as "The Pre-Christian Christ" (1926), "The Pagan Christs – the Ancient Precursors of Christianity" (1929), "The Apocalypse – The Revelation of John" (1934) and "Orthodox Holidays, Their Origin and Class Essence" (1936).[1] "The Apocalypse – The Revelation of John" was published under the influence of Abram Ranovich.[2] In that publication Rumyantsev, while not explicitly retracting his earlier opinions, offered a study of early Christianity which stressed not its derivation from supposed ancient mythology, but its intrinsic relation to revolutionary, messianic elements in contemporary Judaism.[2]
References
- ^ a b М. П. Новиков, ed. (1986). "Румянцев Николай Васильевич". Атеистический словарь (in Russian). Политиздат. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ a b c James Thrower (1983). Marxist-Leninist 'Scientific Atheism' and the Study of Religion and Atheism in the USSR. Walter de Gruyter. p. 427. ISBN 3110838583.
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