Phraseologisms Alluding to Biblical Personages in the Spanish and Russian Linguistic Pictures of the World
The paper traces the imprint of Biblical subjects and personages (chiefly, Herod and Judas) on the formation and functioning of phraseologisms that have become part of Russian and Spanish mentality, culture and language worldview. The author examines the cross-cultural commonalities and divergences in the perception and usage of these characters’ personal names and the idioms alluding to them.