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This article deals with the problems researched by Professor Ryszard Łużny in the field of Biblical studies. R. Łużny was the first Polish expert in Russian studies - or in fact in Slavic studies - to initiate literary reflection upon the Bible in the mid-1970s. When Łużny began his research, Poland was going through serious reforms, changes and substantial revisions of the political system. The author of this article focuses on depicting contexts which contributed to R. Łużny's literary Biblical studies. This latter activity translated onto a variety of his actions: his publications and his organization of scientific conferences. All these concentrated on the relation between literature and the Bible, beginning with reflection on the Russian verbal, folklore literature and ending with his studies on the Russian literature of the 20th century. The article also shed light on R. Łużny's works on Ukrainian and Belarusan literatures between the 16th and the 18th century in the context of their relation to the Bible. The basic exponents of how Łużny understood literary Biblical studies are presented. These included: (1) The Bible as an archetype of literary art, (2) the Bible as a model for poetics, (3) the Bible as a model for Christian ethics .