Authors: Michael E. Stone
ISBN-13: 9789042916449, ISBN-10: 9042916443
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Peeters Publishing
Date Published: December 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Book Synopsis
These volumes comprise a collection of papers by Michael E. Stone, written over a period of 35 years. Stone is a leading scholar in two different fields of research, the Jewish literature of the Second Temple period including the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Armenian Studies. So this collection includes essays relating to the origins and nature of the Apocryphal literature and its relationship with the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as more specific studies devoted to themes that have interested Stone throughout his career, including Messianism, 4 Ezra, Adam and Eve, and Aramaic Levi Document. His Armenian interests have embraced the Armenian Biblical text, Armenian pilgrimage to and presence in the Holy Land and Armenian paleography and epigraphy. Papers included in the volumes, some of which were originally published in obscure venues, touch on all these themes. A number of previously unpublished papers are included.
Table of Contents
Preface IX
Acknowledgements XI
Bibliography of Articles Included XV
Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha and Dead Sea Scrolls
Transmission History
Categorization and Classification of the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha 3
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Pseudepigrapha 15
Jewish Tradition, the Pseudepigrapha and the Christian West 41
The Axis of History at Qumran 61
The Transmission and Reception of Biblical and Jewish Motifs in the Armenian Tradition 79
The Study of the Armenian Apocrypha 95
The Armenian Apocryphal Literature: Translation and Creation 105
Studies on Texts and Themes
The Bones of Adam and Eve 141
Selection from On the Creation of the World by Yovhannes T'lkuranc'i: Translation and Commentary 147
The Legend of the Cheirograph of Adam 195
Adam, Eve and the Incarnation 213
New Discoveries Relating to the Armenian Adam Books 227
The Document called 'Question' 237
The Genealogy of Bilhah 243
'Why Naphtali?' An Internet Discussion 261
Aramaic Levi Document and Greek Testament of Levi 265
Aramaic Levi in Its Context 275
The Armenian Vision of Ezekiel 295
An Introduction to the Esdras Writings 305
The Concept of the Messiah in IV Ezra 321
On Reading An Apocalypse 339
A Reconsideration of Apocalytic Visions 353
Two New Discoveries Concerning the Uncananonical Ezra Books 367
A New Edition and Translation of the Questions of Ezra 375
Two Armenian Manuscripts and the Historia Sacra 399
Some Armenian Angelological and Unranographical Texts 415
Some Further Armenian Angelological Texts 427
The Months of the Hebrews 437
Apocryphal Notes and Readings 445
An Armenian Epitome of Epiphanius' De gemmis 455
Armenian Manuscripts, Textual Studies and Holy Land
Manuscripts and Printings
The Study of Armenian Manuscripts 467
Colophons in Armenian Manuscripts 477
The Album of Armenian Paleography with Some Pickings from Armenian Colophons 487
A Notice about Patriarch Aimery of Antioch in an Armenian Colophon of 1181 497
The Mixed Erkat'agir-Bolorgir Script in Armenian Manuscripts 503
An Armenian Manuscript in the Sir Isaac Wolfson Collection of Hechal Shlomo, the Chief Rabbinate, Jerusalem 529
An Armenian Psalter in the Library of Northwestern University 545
Two Leaves of Acts in the Perkins Library, Duke University 559
With M.J.L. Young, A Persian-Armenian Manuscript in the Leeds Collection 561
Armenian Printed Bibles in the Collection of the Trask Library, Andover Newton Theological School 569
Textual Studies
Priorities, Problems and Techniques of Text Editions 575
Assessment of Variants in Armenian Manuscripts 579
The Old Armenian Version of Isaiah: Towards the Choice of a Base Text 591
With C.E. Cox, Guidelines for Editions of Armenian Biblical Texts 611
Some New Major Tools for Armenian Studies 619
The Holy Land, Pilgrimage and Inscriptions
The Manuscript Library of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem 631
A Reassessment of the Bird and Eustathius Mosaics 655
Holy Land Pilgrimage of Armenians before the Arab Conquest 673
An Armenian Pilgrim to the Holy Land in the Early Byzantine Period 691
With Th.M. van Lint, More Armenian Inscriptions from Sinai 697
The Greek Background of Some Sinai Armenian Pilgrims and Some Other Observations 707
Three Observations on Early Armenian Inscriptions from the Holy Land 717
Linguistic Aspects of the Sinai Inscriptions 725
The New Armenian Inscriptions from Jerusalem 731
The Oldest Armenian Pilgrim Inscription from Jerusalem 737
A Rare Armenian Coin from Jerusalem 749
Three Armenian Objects in Jerusalem 753
An Armenian Copper Bowl in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Inscription J71) 761
Armenian Inscriptions of the Fifth Century from Nazareth 765
With Th.M. van Lint and J. Nazarjan, Further Armenian Inscriptions from Nazareth 783
With Th.M. van Lint, Two Unnoticed Armenian Inscriptions from Noravank' 801
The Armenian Inscription in Awagvank 805
An Armenian Epigraph in Melbourne 809
Further Armenian Inscriptions from Noravank' 813
Bibliography of M.E. Stone 861
Index of Ancient Sources 891
Index of Authors and Persons 911
General Index of Main Topics 929
Subjects