Father Alexander Men and the Bible
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This article examines the relationship of Father Alexander Men (1935-1990), a Russian Orthodox priest murdered in 1990, with the biblical Scriptures. Through a documented study of his writings — articles published in the *Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate*, his major work *Son of Man*, and his vast history of humanity's religious quest — the author analyzes Men's exegetical and pastoral method. The article shows how Men, combining contemplative prayer with biblical scholarship, was able to open the Scriptures to his Soviet contemporaries in a context of religious repression. His theological contribution is twofold: he insists on the full humanity of Christ against a prevailing Monophysitism, and situates the Judeo-Christian revelation within the universal spiritual history of humanity, while positioning himself within the tradition of Russian Orthodox biblical scholarship, which he contributes to renewing.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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