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OverviewLegends 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 In this volume 29 new texts are presented for the first time from unpublished Armenian manuscripts.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 illustrates the rich development of Adam traditions in an oriental Christian tradition, with relationship to greek, Syriac and Georgian source. Their ramification extend back into earlier Jewish traditions and they are keys to understanding many aspects of medieval Armenian culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael StonePublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 14 Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.583kg ISBN: 9789004106635ISBN 10: 9004106634 Pages: 225 Publication Date: 01 August 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews'.. .une trhs belle idition...'<br>Pierre Gibert, Recherches de Science Religieuse, 1999.<br> Author InformationMichael 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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