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The Hellenistic erudition manifested in Grigor Magistros’s Letters is often related to material drawn from the Protrepticus of Clement of Alexandria, a work of which no Armenian translation is known to have existed and that Grigor may therefore have read directly in Greek.
Taking the lead from this consideration, my contribution aims to tackle a literary issue, namely: how is the Clementine material employed in Grigor’s Letters?
To this end, all the material related to Clement of Alexandria discovered so far in the Letters is grouped in three categories: Long quotations, short quotations, and allusions. Examples are given and discussed for each category.
The analysis shows that references to the Protrepticus are used in accordance with the principles of Byzantine epistolography, which requires a frequent use of allusions, exempla and mythical references. In Grigor’s Letters, when Greek literature appears, it often takes the form of allusions to (or even quotations from) the Protrepticus. From the analysis of direct quotations it is also possible to hypothesise that Grigor’s quotations come from a text belonging to a different (and otherwise extinct) branch of the Greek tradition of the Protrepticus.
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Far from being monopolised by the Genocide of 1915, Armenian history of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries offers a wealth of opportunities for further inquiries, across a vast array of topics. One such example is that of Evangelical missionary activity in Ottoman Armenia: after the creation of a Protestant millet within the Ottoman Empire in 1846, mainly composed of Armenians who turned to the Evangelical confession, missionaries—especially from the United States—began to be a more and more customary presence among Armenians under Ottoman rule. Such activities sparked a competition between the Evangelical missionaries, the Armenian-Catholic communities (who enjoyed French support) and the traditional Armenian Apostolic Church, often backed by the Russian Empire. To see such events at the light of the Genocide would be tempting, but also anachronistic. In order to avoid the effect of hindsight, which is particularly dangerous for historical research, the aim of this contribution is to see how the Evangelic missionary activity grew and developed in Armenia up to the beginning of the First World War, in order to understand, as far as it is possible, the aims and the visions of the missionaries and of the newly converted communities alike
Multidisciplinary Studies in Honour of Theo Maarten van Lint
The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
From pilgrimage sites in the far west of Europe to the Persian court; from mystic visions to a gruesome contemporary “dance”; from a mundane poem on wine to staggering religious art: thus far in space and time extends the world of the Armenians.
A glimpse of the vast and still largely unexplored threads that connect it to the wider world is offered by the papers assembled here in homage to one of the most versatile contemporary armenologists, Theo Maarten van Lint.
This collection offers original insights through a multifaceted lens, showing how much Armenology can offer to Art History, History, Linguistics, Philology, Literature, and Religious Studies. Scholars will find new inspirations and connections, while the general reader will open a window to a world that is just as wide as it is often unseen.
From pilgrimage sites in the far west of Europe to the Persian court; from mystic visions to a gruesome contemporary “dance”; from a mundane poem on wine to staggering religious art: thus far in space and time extends the world of the Armenians.
A glimpse of the vast and still largely unexplored threads that connect it to the wider world is offered by the papers assembled here in homage to one of the most versatile contemporary armenologists, Theo Maarten van Lint.
This collection offers original insights through a multifaceted lens, showing how much Armenology can offer to Art History, History, Linguistics, Philology, Literature, and Religious Studies. Scholars will find new inspirations and connections, while the general reader will open a window to a world that is just as wide as it is often unseen.
Multidisciplinary Studies in Honour of Theo Maarten van Lint
The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
From pilgrimage sites in the far west of Europe to the Persian court; from mystic visions to a gruesome contemporary “dance”; from a mundane poem on wine to staggering religious art: thus far in space and time extends the world of the Armenians.
A glimpse of the vast and still largely unexplored threads that connect it to the wider world is offered by the papers assembled here in homage to one of the most versatile contemporary armenologists, Theo Maarten van Lint.
This collection offers original insights through a multifaceted lens, showing how much Armenology can offer to Art History, History, Linguistics, Philology, Literature, and Religious Studies. Scholars will find new inspirations and connections, while the general reader will open a window to a world that is just as wide as it is often unseen.
From pilgrimage sites in the far west of Europe to the Persian court; from mystic visions to a gruesome contemporary “dance”; from a mundane poem on wine to staggering religious art: thus far in space and time extends the world of the Armenians.
A glimpse of the vast and still largely unexplored threads that connect it to the wider world is offered by the papers assembled here in homage to one of the most versatile contemporary armenologists, Theo Maarten van Lint.
This collection offers original insights through a multifaceted lens, showing how much Armenology can offer to Art History, History, Linguistics, Philology, Literature, and Religious Studies. Scholars will find new inspirations and connections, while the general reader will open a window to a world that is just as wide as it is often unseen.