Buch, Englisch, Band 646, 289 Seiten
Buch, Englisch, Band 646, 289 Seiten
Reihe: Corpus Scriptorum Christianoru
ISBN: 978-90-429-2628-8
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
The Hexaemeron by St Basil of Caesarea was a fundamental source
for Christian writers describing the nature of the physical cosmos, not
least in Armenia, where scholars attempted to reconcile theories derived
from Greek antiquity with the Bible. The first part of this volume is a
survey of references to Basil in Armenian writers from the fifth to the
fourteenth centuries, and more particularly of the influence of the Hexaemeron
on their cosmology. The second part is an English translation of the
Armenian version. The commentary to the translation identifies the
expansions and changes made by the Armenian translator, and justifies
numerous divergences from the text of the critical edition [Erevan 1984]
in favour of readings also attested in the Syriac version [Leuven 1995,
CSCO 550], for the Armenian derives from the latter, not directly from
the Greek.
There are detailed Indices for the Armenian, Greek, Syriac and Latin
sources quoted, the Armenian technical terms, and the topics discussed
by Basil. The translations of the Hexaemeron in Syriac, Armenian,
Arabic, Georgian and Old Slavonic contain only the original nine
homilies, not the further two on the creation of man later added by
Basil’s brother, Gregory of Nyssa.
