Contribution of Professor Ivan Stepanovich Yakimov (1847-1885) to the development of the Russian Old Testament Bible Studies Science

the article is dedicated to the urgent topic of returning the names and the works of the «undeservedly forgotten» representatives of the Russian academic Synodal period theological science. Among them the important role belongs to the outstanding Old Testament Bible Studies Professor Ivan Stepanovich Yakimov (1847-1885), whose scientific and pedagogical works remain the least analysed in the history of the Orthodox Bible studies science and history of theology. A specific attention is paid to the historical context and the analysis of his lithographic lectures abstracts firstly examined in this article. The research aims to confirm the importance of his works. The methodological basis of the research includes historical, scientific credibility and objectivity, analytical comparative methods. The research results with the conclusion about the pioneering methods and works of the scientist, who successfully integrated the newest European comparative method to the Biblical isagogy and set the direction for the further Russian Biblical theology researches in the second part of the 19th century.

отечественные дореволюционные библеисты, И.C. Якимов, Санкт-Петербургская духовная академия, cравнительно-текстологический анализ