Moralia et ascetica armeniaca : the oft-repeated discourses : Yačaxapatum čaṙkʻ / translated by Abraham Terian.
Idioma: Inglés Lenguaje original: Armenio Series The Fathers of the Church ; 143Editor: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2021]Descripción: xxviii, 323 pages ; 22 cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- 9780813234793
- Oft-repeated discourses : Yačaxapatum čaṙkʻ
- Yačaxapatum čaṙkʻ
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- BX126.6 .G6813 2021
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The twenty-three discourses presented in this volume have a long textual history that ascribes them to St. Gregory the Illuminator of Armenia (d. 328), a prevalent view that lasted through the nineteenth century. Armenian scholarship through the last century has tended to ascribe them to St. Mashtots', the inventor of the Armenian alphabet (d. 440). In his critical introduction to this first-ever English translation of the discourses, Terian presents them as an ascetic text by an anonymous abbot writing near the end of the sixth century. The very title in Armenian, Ya?axapatum ?a?k' , literally, "Oft-Repeated Discourses," further validates their ascetic environment, where they were repeatedly related to novices. For want of answers to introductory questions regarding authorship and date, and because of the pervasive grammatical difficulties of the text, the document has remained largely unknown in scholarship.
The discourses include many of the Eastern Fathers' favorite theological themes. They are heavily punctuated with biblical quotations and laced with recurring biblical images and phraseology; the doctrinal and functional centrality of the Scriptures is emphasized throughout. They are replete with traditional Christian moral teachings that have acquired elements of moral philosophy transmitted through Late Antiquity. Echoes of St. Basil's thought are heard in several of them, and some evidence of the author's dependence on the Armenian version of the saint's Rules, translated around the turn of the sixth century, is apparent. On the whole they show how Christians were driven by the Johannine love-command and the Pauline Spirit-guided practice of virtuous living, ever maturing in the ethos of an in-group solidarity culminating in monasticism.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Transcription of Armenian -- Abbreviations-- Bibliography -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION: The Traditional Attributions -- Title, Headings, and Contents -- Biblical Quotations, Allusions, and Echoes -- Literary Style -- Theological Ethics and Moral Philosophy -- Authorship and Date -- The Historical Context: An Overview -- Text and Translation -- MORALIA ET ASCETICA ARMENIACA: THE OFT-REPEATED DISCOURSES (Discourses 1-23) -- APPENDICES: Appendix I: A Prayer for When One is Caught in a Snare -- Appendix II: The Armenian Titles of the Discourses -- Appendix III: Dependency on Hermetic Texts -- Appendix IV: Some Philological Observations -- INDICES: Index of Proper Names -- Subject Index -- Index of Holy Scripture.
"This is a collection of 23 discourses, addressed to monks, written in the Armenian language in probably the sixth century. The discourses provide instruction on the ascetic life and Christian morality, utilizing Biblical texts and theological themes that were prevalent among early Christian writers of the Eastern church. Emphases include the practice of virtue, the purification of the soul, and the attainment of union with God. In the introduction to the book, the translator provides detailed analysis of the discourses and their historical context, and in the appendices he illustrates philological and literary questions related to the discourses"--
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- Transcription of Armenian(p. ix)
- Abbreviations(p. xi)
- Bibliography(p. xiii)
- Preface(p. xxvii)
- Introduction(p. 1)
- The Traditional Attributions(p. 6)
- Title, Headings, and Contents(p. 14)
- Biblical Quotations, Allusions, and Echoes(p. 18)
- Literary Style(p. 22)
- Theological Ethics and Moral Philosophy(p. 27)
- Authorship and Date(p. 41)
- The Historical Context: An Overview(p. 51)
- Text and Translation(p. 56)
- Moralia Et Ascetica Armeniaca: The OFT-Repeated Discourses
- Discourse 1(p. 61)
- Discourse 2(p. 64)
- Discourse 3(p. 80)
- Discourse 4(p. 84)
- Discourse 5(p. 94)
- Discourse 6(p. 107)
- Discourse 7(p. 118)
- Discourse 8(p. 128)
- Discourse 9(p. 138)
- Discourse 10(p. 150)
- Discourse 11(p. 166)
- Discourse 12(p. 190)
- Discourse 13(p. 200)
- Discourse 14(p. 211)
- Discourse 15(p. 216)
- Discourse 16(p. 223)
- Discourse 17(p. 227)
- Discourse 18(p. 232)
- Discourse 19(p. 238)
- Discourse 20(p. 247)
- Discourse 21(p. 264)
- Discourse 22(p. 266)
- Discourse 23(p. 270)
- Appendices
- Appendix I A Prayer for When One is Caught in a Snare(p. 291)
- Appendix II The Armenian Titles of the Discourses(p. 293)
- Appendix III Dependency on Hermetic Texts(p. 295)
- Appendix IV Some Philological Observations(p. 298)
- Indices
- Index of Proper Names(p. 307)
- Subject Index(p. 308)
- Index of Holy Scripture(p. 320)