AXIOLOGICAL BASES OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF ‘ECO-BIBLE’ (ON THE MATERIAL OF ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES)

Abstract

The objective of the paper is to convey a comparative analysis of representation of the concept ЗАПОВЕДЬ (commandment) in Russian and English languages. The material of the study is the 10 “commandments” of the Eco-Bible presented by two rabbis – Yonatan Neril and Leo Dee in November 2022 during the 27th UN International Climate Conference. Eco-Commandments are investigated from the position of postmodernism philosophy, axiology, i.e. within the framework of a certain system of values declared and put into practice in Western countries. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the study contributes to science through a comprehensive analysis of the concept of commandments from the general theoretical position of not only religious, but also naive and everyday discourse, which allows us to justify an expanded interpretation of the concept under study, not reducible only to the Old Testament commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai. Of particular relevance is the treatment of such an important concept as the commandment, which has not received in humanitarian studies in general and in linguistics, in particular, proper coverage. The results of the study deepen the notion of the content structure of the studied concept in the Western linguistic picture of the world.