Saint Basil of Caesarea and Armenian Cosmology: A Study of the Armenian Version of Saint Basil's Hexaemeron and Its Influence on Medieval Armenian Vie

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-90-429-2628-8
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 646, 289 Seiten

Reihe: Corpus Scriptorum Christianoru

The Hexaemeron by St Basil of Caesarea was a fundamental source

for Christian writers describing the nature of the physical cosmos, not

least in Armenia, where scholars attempted to reconcile theories derived

from Greek antiquity with the Bible. The first part of this volume is a

survey of references to Basil in Armenian writers from the fifth to the

fourteenth centuries, and more particularly of the influence of the Hexaemeron

on their cosmology. The second part is an English translation of the

Armenian version. The commentary to the translation identifies the

expansions and changes made by the Armenian translator, and justifies

numerous divergences from the text of the critical edition [Erevan 1984]

in favour of readings also attested in the Syriac version [Leuven 1995,

CSCO 550], for the Armenian derives from the latter, not directly from

the Greek.

There are detailed Indices for the Armenian, Greek, Syriac and Latin

sources quoted, the Armenian technical terms, and the topics discussed

by Basil. The translations of the Hexaemeron in Syriac, Armenian,

Arabic, Georgian and Old Slavonic contain only the original nine

homilies, not the further two on the creation of man later added by

Basil’s brother, Gregory of Nyssa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomson, Rw

Thomson, R.W.

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• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine