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Jews in Ancient and Medieval Armenia
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-758207-7 (ISBN)
The fact that descendants of King Herod ruled in Armenia in Roman times and that some noble Armenian families may have had Jewish origin is discussed. The much-debated identification of the "Mountains of Ararat" of Noah's Ark fame as well as ancient biblical and other references to Ararat and the Caucasus are re-assessed, and new evidence is adduced that challenges the scientific consensus. The role of Jews during the Seljuk, Mongol, and later times is also presented, from surviving sources in Armenian, Arabic, Hebrew, and others.
The volume also includes studies of medieval Jewish sources on Armenia and the Armenians and of communication between Armenia and the Holy Land. Documents from the Cairo Geniza, newly uncovered inscriptions, medieval itineraria, and diplomatica also throw light on Armenia in the context of the Turkic Khazar kingdom, which converted to Judaism in the latter part of the first century CE. It responds both to new archeological discoveries in Armenia and to the growing interest in the history of the region that extends north from the Euphrates and into the Caucasus.
Michael Stone retired from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as Professor of Armenian Studies and Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Religious Studies. His academic activities have been devoted to two different disciplines, Armenian Studies and Jewish literature and thought in the period of the Second Temple. His research and publication have been divided more or less equally between these two fields. He is one of the editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Aram Topchyan is Head of the Department of Secular Literature and Philology at the Mesrop Mashtots Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. He has written extensively on Greco-Roman and Early Medieval Armenian literature and has translated several important literary sources into English. He is also a prolific translator of world classics (from Classical Greek, Latin and English into Armenian): works by Hesiod, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Apollodorus, Virgil, Ovid, Marcus Aurelius, Chaucer, Marlowe, Shakespeare, and others.
Erscheinungsdatum | 24.06.2022 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 216 x 147 mm |
Gewicht | 358 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-758207-9 / 0197582079 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-758207-7 / 9780197582077 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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