Publication Details:

Medieval and Early Modern Armenian Studies is a biannual (two issues per year), peer-reviewed academic journal published in English, French, German, and Italian by the ''Matenadaran'' Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. It encourages interdisciplinary research on medieval and early modern history and culture, with a particular emphasis on Armenian Studies.

Journal or Publication Title:

Matenadaran: Medieval and Early Modern Armenian Studies (MEMAS)

Date of publication:

2024

Volume:

1

Number:

1

ISSN:

e-3041-5063

Additional Information:

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Title:

The “Thrice- An Angelic Liturgical Formula in Jewish and Christian Traditions

Creator:

Stone, E. Michael

Contributor(s):

Editor-in-Chief Aram Topchyan ; Managing Editor Ani Shahnazaryan

Subject:

Philology

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Seraphs ; Trishagion ; Isaiah 6:3 ; angelic liturgy ; celestial hierarchy ; angels ; Sanctus prayer

Coverage:

35-44

Abstract:

In an Armenian parabiblical text dealing with events that traditionally took place from the Fall of the Angels before the Creation, and down to Moses and the Exodus (“Questionnaire”), one passage quotes Isa 6:3b as the praise pronounced by the Seraphs, the second of the nine angelic classes. The present article traces aspects of the varied development of this Isaianic formula in Armenian and other Christian traditions as well as in Jewish sources, up until its appearance in Questionnaire. This review reveals a complex interweaving of ideas about the celestial liturgy, angelology, numerology, and human liturgy, which have all been associated with the Isaianic formula. The ramifications of this biblical expression of unclear origin have immense implications.

Publisher:

Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts

Type:

Article

Format:

pdf

Language:

en