Sharing myths, texts and sanctuaries in the South Caucasus : Apocryphal themes in literatures, arts and cults from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages / Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dorfmann-Lazarev, Igor, editor.

Series:

Studies on early Christian apocrypha ; 19.

Studies on early Christian apocrypha ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caucasus, South--Church history.

Caucasus, South.

Caucasus, South--Civilization.

Armenia--Church history.

Armenia.

Georgia--Church history.

Georgia.

Caucasus, South--Religion.

Apocryphal books.

Islam--Caucasus, South--History.

Islam.

Civilization.

Religion.

South Caucasus.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2022.

Summary:

"This volume is one of the few collections of studies that looks at the South Caucasus - from the Black Sea in the west to the Caspian Sea in the east - as a shared cultural space. It explores contacts between Armenians, Georgians, Kurds and Muslims of the former Caucasian Albania, as expressed in texts, figurative arts and rituals. While focusing on the ancient Christian civilisations of Armenia and Georgia, it also investigates the interactions of Christianity with the ancestral religions of the South Caucasians, with Zoroastrianism, Islam and Yazidism. Apocryphal traditions represent a particularly convenient lens through which to observe cultural exchanges and blending. The first two chapters analyse the perception of sacred objects and sanctuaries in Armenia and Georgia and the representation of fabulous animals in the iconography of both countries. The next six investigate the contacts between Armenians and Georgians in the transmission of hagiographic texts relating to Christ's Nativity, the early Christian saints and their images, as well as the Evangelisation of the Armenian and Georgian kingdoms. The penultimate two chapters study places of worship shared by diverse religions, the role of religious syncretism in the Islamisation of the south-eastern Caucasus and the function of apocrypha in the resistance to Islam. The final chapter examines the contextualisation of Islamic legends of Biblical origin in the topography of the Caucasus. The volume ends with a detailed index." --Provided by publisher

Contents:

The holy cross of Aparankʻ: The making of a legend and the creation of sacred space as narrated by Gregory of Narek / Abraham Terian

Beyond the canon: Archaic and polyethnic traditions in the sculpted images of fabulous creatures in Armenia and Georgia (Tenth-Fourteenth centuries) / Lilit Mikayelyan

The old Georgian version of the Miracle of St. George, the princess and the dragon: Text, commentary and translation / Kevin Tuite

Through the eyes of Armaz - Pagan and Mazdean traces in the narratives about the conversion of the Iberian king to the Christian faith / Nicolas Preud'homme

The protevangelium of James in Georgian / Jost Gippert

The tradition and the cult of Saint Stephen in Armenia: A preliminary assessment / Valentina Calzolari

A possible history: the Abgar Legend in the Armenian national context / Irma Karaulashvili

Saint Thecla: the iconographical tradition and the witness of her veneration in early medieval Armenia / Zaruhi Hakobyan

The admonitory exhortations of Dawitʻ of Ganjak (†1140) : The Armenian-Kurdish contacts in the Kur Valley and the birth of the Armenian legal tradition / Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev

Note on the sanctuaries shared by Yezidis and Armenians in the Armenian HIghlands / Tereza Amryan

The Wall of Iskandar in the medieval Muslim tradition in the East Caucasus / Alikber K. Alikberov

Apocryphes et partage : Inculturation des mythes et légendes bibliques parmi les nations du Caucase. Postface / Jean-Pierre Mahé.

ISBN:

9789042947146

9042947144

OCLC:

1327981440