“The Master and Margarita”: why did Bulgakov distort the Bible?translated

Under the cover of this book, Satan's ball and Pilate's chapters go hand in hand. The story of Woland and the story of Yeshua - an unequal battle between the Devil and Jesus, in which Christ is clearly inferior? Why is it a fatal mistake to correlate the character of Yeshua with the Gospel Christ? And why did Mikhail Afanasyevich, the son of a theology professor, distort the Gospel so much in his landmark book? In a video essay by the Academy of Thomas, together with Pyotr Pashkov, a candidate of theology, an associate professor at PSTGU, we analyzed the most controversial fragments of “The Master and Margarita.”

Petr PASHKOV

Candidate of Theology, Associate Professor at PSTGU

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1. Three novels under one cover

Several practically different, although intertwined, works are collected under one cover.

Firstly, “The Master and Margarita” is a satirical novel about the Stalin era and the evil spirits that turn this world upside down. Woland (the devil) and his retinue arrive in Moscow in the 1930s. Woland's companions expose human vices, especially diligently pursuing theatrical and literary figures. At the same time, the reader gets acquainted with the love story of those very...