Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Adam and Eve

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10663-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 225 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha

Legends about Adam and Eve are to be found in Jewish, Christian and Moslem sources. They develop the first chapters of Genesis in many and varied ways, reflecting the religious understanding of the different traditions.
In this volume 29 new texts are presented for the first time from unpublished Armenian manuscripts. The Armenian texts are accompanied by translations, introductions and commentaries, in which their roots in more ancient Jewish and Christian literature are explored.
These texts illustrate the rich development of Adam traditions in an oriental Christian tradition, with relationship to Greek, Syriac and Georgian sources. Their ramifications extend back into earlier Jewish traditions and they are keys to understanding many aspects of medieval Armenian culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stone, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Apokryphen, Pseudepigraphen
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Stone, Michael
Michael E. Stone, Ph.D., D.Litt., is Professor of Armenian Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He has written extensively on Armenian Studies and ancient Jewish Literature, including 'Selected Studies in Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha with Special Reference to the Armenian Tradition' (Brill, 1991). He pioneered the study of biblical and apocryphal traditions in Armenian, a previously neglected area.

Michael E. Stone, Ph.D., D.Litt., is Professor of Armenian Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He has written extensively on Armenian Studies and ancient Jewish Literature, including Selected Studies in Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha with Special Reference to the Armenian Tradition (Brill, 1991). He pioneered the study of biblical and apocryphal traditions in Armenian, a previously neglected area.