TY - JOUR N2 - This paper is dedicated to a study of the religious layer in I. Ilf and E. Petrov’s novel The Twelve Chairs. The analysis provided leads to a deeper understanding of the novel as a travesty. First of all, the few existing works devoted to the problem of biblical referencing in The Twelve Chairs are listed and summarised. Secondly, these existing works will be supplemented with previously unmentioned and unstudied allusions. Following on from the religious aspects considered are: the novel’s title, the parallel between Jesus and Ostap Bender, the character of Fedor Vostrikov, the story of the ‘hussar‑monk’ and several biblical allusions contained in The Twelve Chairs. Finally, in the last part of our research, all the religious motifs are classified in order to further an understanding of the authors’ attitude towards the Bible. In conclusion, we determine the nature of the perception of the Bible in The Twelve Chairs. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/119936/PDF/2021-01-SOR-05-Szanurina.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/119936 PY - 2021 IS - No 1 EP - 101 DO - 10.24425/slo.2021.137002 KW - Bible’s desacralization KW - religious motifs KW - travesty KW - parody KW - Soviet ideological discourse A1 - Шанурина, Маргарита PB - Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN VL - vol. LXX DA - 2021.06.10 T1 - ‘Khram Spasa na Kartoshke’: the Desacralization of Bible Text and the Travesty of Religious Motifs in The Twelve Chairs by I. Ilf and E. Petrov SP - 85 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/119936 T2 - Slavia Orientalis ER -