Jews in ancient and medieval Armenia : first century BCE to fourteenth century CE / Michael E. Stone and Aram Topchyan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Michael E., 1938- author.

Tʻopʻchʻyan, Aram, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

It has long been the general opinion that there was no significant Jewish community in Armenia throughout the centuries. This book examines the evidence from written sources to archaeological discoveries and asserts that there were Jews in Armenia in the ancient and mediaeval periods. Tigran the Great transferred Jewish exiles to Armenia in the first century bce. They settled in the chief cities of the land and were still there in the fourth century ce. There were Jews in the capital city, Dvin, in the late ninth century, and Jewish tombstone inscriptions from southern Armenia witness a community there during the Seljuk and Mongol conquests. Thus, the conventional picture must be changed.

Contents:

"Ararat" and Armenia in the Bible and associated traditions

Jews in Armenia in the ancient period (First century BCE - Fifth Century CE)

The Middle Ages

Other Armenian-Jewish connections.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-758209-5

0-19-758210-9

0-19-758208-7