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The life of Mashtotsʻ by his disciple Koriwn : translated from the classical Armenian with introduction and commentary / Abraham Terian.

Van Pelt Library BX129.M47 K6713 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Koriun, Vardapet, approximately 380-approximately 450, author.
Contributor:
Terian, Abraham, 1942- translator, writer of added commentary, writer of introduction.
Series:
Oxford early Christian texts
Language:
Armenian
English
Subjects (All):
Mesrop, Saint, approximately 361-440.
Mesrop.
Koriun, Vardapet, approximately 380-approximately 450. Varkʻ Mashtotsʻi.
Koriun.
Varkʻ Mashtotsʻi (Koriun, Vardapet).
Christian saints--Armenia--Biography.
Christian saints.
Armenian language--Alphabet.
Armenian language.
Armenia.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
viii, 250 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Language Note:
Text in English and Armenian, partially translated from the Armenian; critical matter in English.
Summary:
"The Life of Mashtots' (d. 440 CE) is mostly praise for the inventor of the Armenian alphabet--the only inventor of an ancient alphabet known by name--and progenitor of Armenian literacy that began with the translation of the Bible. Written three years after his death by an early disciple named Koriwn, it narrates the master's endeavors in search for letters, the establishment of schools, and the ensuing literary activity that yielded countless translations of religious texts known in the early church. The Life exhibits all the literary features of the genre to which it belongs, delineated through rhetorical analysis by Terian, who comments on the entire document almost phrase by phrase" --Book jacket.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-242) and indexes.
Contains:
Container of: Koriun, Vardapet, approximately 380-approximately 450. Varkʻ Mashtotsʻi. English. (Terian). 2022.
Container of: Koriun, Vardapet, approximately 380-approximately 450. Varkʻ Mashtotsʻi. Armenian. (Terian). 2022.
ISBN:
0192847414
9780192847416
OCLC:
1327836037
Publisher Number:
99994150034

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