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Translated from the latest Armenian edition of the text (2003), this is a scholarly edition with an introduction, facing-page English translation, and commentary.
The Life of the Mashtots' praises for the inventor of the Armenian alphabet and progenitor of Armenian literacy that began with the translation of the Bible.
List of contents
- Preface
- Transcription of Armenian
- Part I: Introduction
- A: The Life of Mashtots'
- B: The Rhetoric of Praise and the Genre of the ^iLife^r
- C: Rhetorical Elements in the Life
- D: Manuscripts, Texts, Editions, and Translations
- E: Synopsis
- Part III: Text and Translation
- Part III: Commentary
- Appendices
- I: Overview of Encomium Traditions in Classical Literature
- II: Other Literary-Rhetorical Techniques in the Life
- III: The Life's Parallels with the Armenian Version of Agathangelos
- Bibliography
- Indices
- I: Index of Proper Names
- II: Index of Biblical Citations
About the author
Abraham Terian is Professor Emeritus of Armenian Theology and Patristics at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, New York, where he also served as Academic Dean for ten years. Earlier he was Professor of Intertestamental and Early Christian Literatures at Andrews University for twenty years. More recently, he was Robert F. and Margaret S. Goheen Fellow in Classical Philosophy at the National Humanities Center, where this work was
completed. Recipient of the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the Humanities award and academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and of the Ambrosian Academy of Milan, he has extensive publications in Hellenistic, early
Christian, and medieval studies.
Summary
Translated from the latest Armenian edition of the text (2003), this is a scholarly edition with an introduction, facing-page English translation, and commentary. The Life of the Mashtots' praises for the inventor of the Armenian alphabet and progenitor of Armenian literacy that began with the translation of the Bible.
