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:

2

ISSN:

e-3041-5063

Additional Information:

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Title:

A New, Critical Edition of Armenian Deuteronomy, Forty Years after Its “Diplomatic” Predecessor

Remainder of title:

Reflections and the Results of New Collations

Creator:

Cox, Claude

Contributor(s):

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

Subject:

Philology

Uncontrolled Keywords:

critical edition ; Deuteronomy ; preferred wordorder ; Septuagint ; theology of the Armenian translation of the Bible ; collating manuscripts

Coverage:

35-51

Abstract:

This paper serves to introduce a new critical edition of Armenian Deuteronomy, forty years after the diplomatic edition was prepared as a doctoral thesis at the University of Toronto. It deals with the challenges involved, such as how to reconstruct the underlying Greek source text and linguistic issues that are to be taken into account in collation, notably certain preferences in word order. The last half of the paper advances the rewards that repay the preparation of such a critical edition, including the recovery of an early form of the Greek source text, and, in the case of Deuteronomy, an appreciation of the contribution of the translator in shaping the theological message of the book.

Publisher:

Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts

Type:

Article

Format:

pdf

Language:

ge ; en ; it ; fr