He is credited with the earliest known historiographical work on the history of armenia, but. Gasparyan, metaphoric displacement a reliable guide in. The history of armenia enhanced illustrated by moses. Moses of chorene article about moses of chorene by the free. Armenians call themselves hayer and their county hayastan the land of the hayasa after their founder haik, who according to moses of chorene. Isbn 0674395719 history of the armenians agatangeghos. The nineteenth century beheld a great literary movement that was to give rise to modern armenian literature. History of armenia moses of chorene project gutenberg. Moses of chorene encyclopedia volume catholic online. History of the armenians, moses khorenatsi kroraina. The author of the history of armenia major calls himself moses of chorene and pretends to belong to the fifth century, to be a disciple of saint mesrop, and to have composed his work at the request of isaac sahak, the bagratunid prince who fell in battle in 482. Armenia is that lofty plateau whence the rivers euphrates, tigris, araxes and acampsis pour down their waters in different directions. Other articles where history of armenia is discussed.
Traditionally believed to have lived in the 5th century ce, moses has also been dated as late as the 9th century. Catholic encyclopedia 19moses of chorene wikisource. Archelaus, his son, was appointed by augustus ethnarch of judaea. Movses khorenatsi, who lived in the fifth and early sixth centuries, is called the father of armenian history. It also contains plentiful data on the history and. History of the armenians, moses khorenatsi commentary on the literary sources by r. Media in category matenadaran ms 2865 history of armenia the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. This lengthy work, which has survived in 65 chapters, is divided thematically into several sections. Moses of chorene was an armenian historian, and author of the history of armenia. A name common to several kings toparchs of edessa, mesopotamia.
Download pdf historyofarmeniamovseskhorenatsi free. A native of choren or chorni in the province of darou, when young, he was sent by mesrop, the founder of armenian literature, to study in edessa, constantinople. From the catholic encyclopedia moses chorenensis perhaps the best known writer of armenia, called by his countrymen the father of history and the father of scholars, and celebrated as a poet, or hymn writer, and a grammarian. Moses of chorene, also moses of khoren or movses khorenatsi armenian. Aram was the first to raise the armenian name to any degree of renown. Its traditions survived in the armenian church, which has stressed the countrys own independence. Moses khorenatsi author of history of the armenians. Moses of chorene article about moses of chorene by the. The chronological structure of movses khorenatsis history of the.
Movses khorenatsi moses of khoren was a 5thcentury ce armenian historian whose work the history of the armenians has earned him the title of the father of armenian history. Protectourcoastline your search result for moses of chorene. It deals with the history of this people from the earliest times till the fall of the armenian arsacid kingdom 428 a. History of the armenians translators preface kirakos gandzaketsis history of the armenians is a primary source for the study of the armenian highlands in the th century. The history of armenia attributed to movses khorenatsi is an early account of armenia, covering the legendary origins of the armenian people as well as armenias interaction with sassanid, byzantine and arsacid empires down to the 5th century. Abgar, son of archam, ascends the throne in the twentieth year of archavir, king of the persians.
Shortly after 431 he was sent by these men to alexandria to study the greek. Movses identified himself as a young disciple of saint mesrop and is recognized by the armenian apostolic church as one of the holy translators of. His claims to have been the disciple of isaac the great sahak and mesrop mashtots, to have studied in edessa and alexandria after the council of edessa 431, and to have been commissioned to write his. Armenia becomes completely tributary to the romans. The historical arguments for the date 5 th century of. Digging out prose from independent armenias history. He considered the discussion over and revived the old arguments of the 1880s and 1890s, in particular, those belonging to marquart. Armenian history, caucasian history, iranian history, arab. Manuscript of the history of the armenians by moses of chorene. Moses of chorene, also moses of khoren, moses chorenensis, or movses khorenatsi armenian. Armenian moses of chorene and also georgian leonti mroveli regarded togarmah as the founder of their nations along with other caucasian people. Moses of chorene 5th century, priest and bishop, to whom is attributed the work, history of armenia patmutiwn hayoc. Movses great work is the history of the armenians patumtiun hayots, which has become one of the most important sources of information on ancient armenia and its neighbours from the earliest traditions in mythology to the 5th century ce.
Time for armenians to put armenia on the tourist map. The problem of the greek sources of movses xorenac. According to the history of armenia which bears his name he was a pupil of the two fathers of armenian literature, the patriarch or catholicos sahak the great and the vartabed mesrob. The history of armenia attributed to moses khorenatsi is an early account of armenia, covering the mythological origins of the armenian people as well as sassanid, byzantine and arsacid armenia down to the 5th century. Moses of chorene livius articles on ancient history. Nothing is known of his life apart from alleged autobiographical details contained in the history of armenia, which. Movses khorenatsi moses of khoren, also moses of chorene, representative of armenian feudal historiography. The history of armenia by moses of chorene, literally entitled genealogical account of greater armenia. Moses of chorene, armenian historian, was a native of khorni in taron, a district of the armenian province of turuberan. This edition of the history of armenia comes complete with a bieber touchorclick table of contents, divided by each section, and the bieber image collection, a myriad of beautiful colorful religious images. Thus toumanoff moved pseudomoses back from the late ninth century and placed him in the second.
He was a pupil of the originator of the armenian alphabet, mesrop mashtots. Moses of chorene, born around the fifth century of the common era, is chiefly known for this history of armenia but also wrote hymns and poems. Doctor of sciences philology movses khorenatsis the history of armenia which extends from the root of mankind to c. Moses of chorene15 in english which he included again in his studies in christian caucasian history. History of armenia moses of chorene in english the history of armenia, patmutyun hayots attributed to movses khorenatsi is an early account of armenia, covering the mythological origins of the armenian people as well as armenia s interaction with sassanid, byzantine and arsacid empires down to. Ephrem against the bardesanites of his day are not a fair criterion of the doctrine of their master. Full text of the history of the armenian people, from the. These personal statements are shown to be untrustworthy for internal and. Armenia project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Juanshir ruled the albanians but the elegy is acrostic, therefore composed in armenian. Moses of chorene 1911 encyclopedia britannica bible. Moses khorenatci the armenian horodotus, was an armenian historian, and author of the history of armenia. Book 1 early history, including myths about hayk, the founder of armenia.
Dec 25, 2012 moses of chorene, armenian historian, was a native of khorni in taron, a district of the armenian province of turuberan. This is the view developed in on the date of pseudo moses of chorene by cyril toumanoff 191997 which appeared in the journal handes amsoreay vienna, 1961, columns 467476. Moses chorenensis perhaps the best known writer of armenia, called by his countrymen the father of history and the father of scholars, and celebrated as a poet, or hymn writer, and a grammarian. Churches from antiquity including tatev, geghard, garni and zvarnots. What is perhaps even more inexcusable is thomson making simple errors in the translation.
History of armenia by moses of chorene, paperback barnes. Movses khorenatsi history of armenia pdf download 99f0b496e7. Moses of chorene,the history of armenia, book 1, ch. His acceptance of christianity was perfectly sincere. The history of armenia by movses khorenatsi musheghyan a. Movses khorenatsi article about movses khorenatsi by the. Movses of chorene, the history of armenia in armenian armenology research national center in armenia movses of chorene, the history of armenia in russian movses xorenaci, storia della grande armenia in italian history of the armenians, moses khorenatsi. It contains unique material on ancient armenian legends, and such information on pagan armenian as has survived. In 428, the romans and persians divided the ancient kingdom. Description and travel armenia history to 428 history ancient general history europe former soviet republics middle east. Moses of chorene is considered the father of armenian history, much as the greek historian herodotus is considered to be the father of history. This is the summary of history of armenia by moses of chorene, charles river editors.
Early armenian literature was written by the father of armenian history, moses of chorene, who authored the history of armenia. Herods lieutenant, at the head of a considerable army, hastened to reach mesopotamia, met abgar at the camp in the province of pouknan, fell in the combat, and his troops were put to flight. Movses khorenatsi wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia. History of armenia work by moses of khoren britannica. Moses of chorene moses chorenensis, perhaps the best known writer of armenia, called by his countrymen the father of history and the father of scholars, and celebrated as a poet, or hymn writer, and a grammarian. The case for the traditional 5thcentury date is presented in the date of moses of khoren by f. His history of armenia patmowtiwn hayots was the first systematic history of the armenian people, composed according to armenian as well as syrian, greek, and other foreign sources. Entry for moses of chorene 1911 encyclopedia britannica one of 8 bible encyclopedias freely available, this resource contained over 40 million words in nearly 40,000 articles written by 1,500 respected authors. Oct 10, 2010 please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online.
He is credited with the earliest known historiographical work on the history of armenia, but was also a poet, or hymn writer, and a grammarian. Contents introductory notice by the translator, 1 from the history of the church story concerning the king of edessa, 5 the teaching of addseus the apostle, 12 the teaching of the apostles, 85 the teaching of simon cephas in the city of rome, 49 acts of sharbil, 56 martyrdom of barsamya, 80 martyrdom of habib the deacon, 91 homily on habib the martyr, by mar jacob, 105. To begin with, the title of the book written in the classical armenian tongue is not history of the armenians but history of armenia. Thomson is unable to retain the witty prose of the original work and perhaps this is to be expected. In his history of armenia, moses of chorene describes the past of the armenians from the earliest stages until the death of moses teacher mesrop mashtots, the monk who had created the armenian alphabet, in 439 ce. Moses of khoren, author known as the father of armenian literature. Full text of the history of the armenian people, from the remotest times to the present day see other formats. Oct 23, 2012 this is the summary of history of armenia by moses of chorene, charles river editors. Part one is a summary of armenian church and political.
The history of armenia attributed to movses khorenatsi is an early account of armenia, covering the legendary origins of the armenian people as well as armenia s interaction with sassanid, byzantine and arsacid empires down to the 5th century. History of the armenians moses of khoren, robert w. Translation of history of armenia moses of chorene in. Armenia land of aram is nowhere mentioned under that name in the original hebrew, though it occurs in the english version, 2 kings 19.
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