The Armenian apocalyptic tradition : a comparative perspective : essays presented in honor of Professor Robert W. Thomson on the occasion of his eightieth birthday /

The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition: A Comparative Perspective comprises a collection of essays on apocalyptic literature in the Armenian tradition. This collection is unprecedented in its subject and scope and employs a comparative approach that situates the Armenian apocalyptic tradition within a b...

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Other Authors: Bardakjian, Kevork B., La Porta, Sergio., Thomson, Robert W., 1934-

Format: eBook

Language: English
French
Armenian

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill. c2014.

Series: Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha 25.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262416.

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Call Number: DS176 .A76 2014

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction to Part I /
  • Sergio La Porta
  • The Origin and Legacy of the Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition /
  • Gabriele Boccaccini
  • Jewish Apocalyptic Literature in the Armenian Tradition /
  • Michael E. Stone
  • The Epic of Sasun: Armenian Apocalypse /
  • James R. Russell
  • The Reception of the Book of Daniel in Late Ancient and Medieval Armenian Society /
  • S. Peter Cowe
  • The Armenian Seventh Vision of Daniel and the Historical Apocalyptica of Late Antiquity /
  • Lorenzo DiTommaso
  • Enoch in Armenian Apocrypha /
  • Annette Yoshiko Reed
  • The Georgian Nimrod /
  • Stephen H. Rapp Jr.
  • Geometry and Contemplation: The Architecture of Vardan Anec'i's Vision of the Throne-Chariot. Theosis and the Art of Memory in Armenia /
  • Theo Maarten van Lint
  • The Reception of the Biblical Book of Revelation in Armenia /
  • Robert W. Thomson
  • Armenian Witnesses of Three Eschatological Motifs /
  • Jean-Marc Rosenstiehl
  • The Vision of Saint Gregory and Its Interpretations /
  • Robert W. Thomson
  • The Vision of St. Grigor Lusaworič' and the Role of Apocalyptic in the Conversion of Armenia /
  • Sergio La Porta
  • The Vision of St. Sahak in the History of Łazar P'arpec'i /
  • Gohar Muradyan
  • The Visions of Grigor and Sahak Part'ew: Old Georgian Versions and Their Reflection in Georgian Sources /
  • Zaza Aleksidze
  • Medieval Armenian Apocalypticism in Context /
  • Anders Hultgård
  • The Armenian Version of the Apocalypse of Ps.-Methodius /
  • Aram Topchyan
  • Apocalypticizing Warfare: From Political Theology to Imperial Eschatology in Seventh- to Early Eighth-Century Byzantium /
  • Yuri Stoyanov
  • The Visions of Grigor Narekac'i /
  • Hrachya Tamrazyan
  • Introduction to Part II /
  • Kevork B. Bardakjian
  • The Last Emperor or the Last Armenian King? Some Considerations on Armenian Apocalyptic Literature from the Cilician Period /
  • Zaroui Pogossian
  • Vardan Aygekc'i's Counsel and the Medieval Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition /
  • Sergio La Porta
  • Apocalyptic Traditions in the Armenian Dormition Narratives /
  • Stephen J. Shoemaker
  • Sundials and Medieval Armenian Architecture /
  • Christina Maranci
  • Voir Dieu : l'iconographie arménienne de la Vision du Trône d'Ezéchiel dans le contexte de l'art de l'Orient chrétien /
  • Edda Vardanyan
  • Illuminating the Apocalypse in Seventeenth-Century Armenian Manuscripts: The Transition from Printed Book to Manuscript /
  • Sylvie L. Merian
  • "And Behold A Door Was Opened in Heaven": Vision and Visual Strategies in Three Vernacular Apocalypses from Fourteenth-Century England /
  • Renana Bartal
  • Burn the World Down: Manichaean Apocalyptic in Comparative Perspective /
  • Timothy Pettipiece
  • Syriac Apocalyptic Literature /
  • Witold Witakowski
  • 'Orthodox' Faith and Political Legitimization of a 'Solomonic' Dynasty of Rulers in the Ethiopic Kebra Nagast /
  • Pierluigi Piovanelli
  • Historical Apocalypses in Medieval Bulgarian Literature (10th-14th Centuries) /
  • Anissava Miltenova
  • Armenian Apocalyptica and Medieval Apocalypticism: Some Reflections /
  • Lorenzo DiTommaso
  • List of Contributions According to Conference Presentation
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Names and Subjects
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Manuscripts and Manuscript Collections.