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 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. It deals with the history of this people from the earliest times till the fall of the armenian arsacid kingdom 428 a. Moses of chorene, armenian historian, was a native of khorni in taron, a district of the armenian province of turuberan. Movses khorenatsi, who lived in the fifth and early sixth centuries, is called the father of armenian history. It was the first book to comprehensively and systematically cover the history of the country. Armenia is that lofty plateau whence the rivers euphrates, tigris, araxes and acampsis pour down their waters in different directions. Doctor of sciences philology movses khorenatsis the history of armenia which extends from the root of mankind to c. Gasparyan, metaphoric displacement a reliable guide in. Thus toumanoff moved pseudomoses back from the late ninth century and placed him in the second. History of the armenians, moses khorenatsi kroraina.
Moses of chorene15 in english which he included again in his studies in christian caucasian history. The history of armenia by movses khorenatsi musheghyan a. Archelaus, his son, was appointed by augustus ethnarch of judaea. Moses of chorene was an armenian historian, and author of the history of armenia.
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. 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. 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. The chronological structure of movses khorenatsis history of 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. Armenia land of aram is nowhere mentioned under that name in the original hebrew, though it occurs in the english version, 2 kings 19. The history of armenia by moses of chorene, literally entitled genealogical account of greater armenia. The history of armenia enhanced illustrated by moses. Catholic encyclopedia 19moses of chorene wikisource. History of armenia work by moses of khoren britannica. Moses of chorene, also moses of khoren, moses chorenensis, or movses khorenatsi armenian. Moses of chorene, also moses of khoren or movses khorenatsi armenian. 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. He is credited with the earliest known historiographical work on the history of armenia, but.
Armenia becomes completely tributary to the romans. What is perhaps even more inexcusable is thomson making simple errors in the translation. Movses khorenatsi wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia. This lengthy work, which has survived in 65 chapters, is divided thematically into several sections. Full text of the history of the armenian people, from the. Nov 05, 20 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. Moses of chorene 5th century, priest and bishop, to whom is attributed the work, history of armenia patmutiwn hayoc. 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. Protectourcoastline your search result for moses of chorene. Thomson, though, takes the criticism to the extreme and he blatantly ignores key points made by armenian and european scholars, notably when he places history in the 8th9th centuries there is almost the same amount of evidence that indicates that khorenatsi was from the 5th century, but the controversy about the dating, in my opinion, is a. Juanshir ruled the albanians but the elegy is acrostic, therefore composed in armenian. Moses of chorene article about moses of chorene by the free. Togarmah togarmahs descendants caucasian and armenian.
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. 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, alexandria, athens, and rome. Part one is a summary of armenian church and political. Moses of chorene article about moses of chorene by the. Time for armenians to put armenia on the tourist map. Moses of khoren, author known as the father of armenian literature. These personal statements are shown to be untrustworthy for internal and. Moses of chorene,the history of armenia, book 1, ch. History of the armenians, moses khorenatsi commentary on the literary sources by r.
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. History of the armenians moses of khoren, robert w. 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. Armenian history, caucasian history, iranian history, arab. Movses khorenatsi moses of khoren, also moses of chorene, representative of armenian feudal historiography. 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. Book 1 early history, including myths about hayk, the founder of armenia. 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. This is the summary of history of armenia by moses of chorene, charles river editors. Armenian moses of chorene and also georgian leonti mroveli regarded togarmah as the founder of their nations along with other caucasian people. 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.
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. Moses of chorene livius articles on ancient history. Moses of chorene encyclopedia volume catholic online. Armenia project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. He considered the discussion over and revived the old arguments of the 1880s and 1890s, in particular, those belonging to marquart. The case for the traditional 5thcentury date is presented in the date of moses of khoren by f. It contains unique material on ancient armenian legends, and such information on pagan armenian as has survived. History of armenia moses of chorene project gutenberg. Its traditions survived in the armenian church, which has stressed the countrys own independence. Moses of chorene 1911 encyclopedia britannica bible. A name common to several kings toparchs of edessa, mesopotamia. Dec 25, 2012 moses of chorene, armenian historian, was a native of khorni in taron, a district of the armenian province of turuberan. 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. History of armenia by moses of chorene, paperback barnes.
Early armenian literature was written by the father of armenian history, moses of chorene, who authored the history of armenia. The historical arguments for the date 5 th century of. Manuscript of the history of the armenians by moses of chorene. Oct 10, 2010 please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. Moses khorenatsi author of history of the armenians. The book covers the timeframe from the formation of the armenian people to the fifth century ad. Isbn 0674395719 history of the armenians agatangeghos. Other articles where history of armenia is discussed. Digging out prose from independent armenias history. His acceptance of christianity was perfectly sincere. Full text of the history of the armenian people, from the remotest times to the present day see other formats. He was a pupil of the originator of the armenian alphabet, mesrop mashtots. Aram was the first to raise the armenian name to any degree of renown.
Shortly after 431 he was sent by these men to alexandria to study the greek. 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. Moses khorenatci the armenian horodotus, was an armenian historian, and author of the history of armenia. 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. 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. Movses khorenatsi article about movses khorenatsi by the.
Download pdf historyofarmeniamovseskhorenatsi free. It also contains plentiful data on the history and. In 428, the romans and persians divided the ancient kingdom. The problem of the greek sources of movses xorenac. The nineteenth century beheld a great literary movement that was to give rise to modern armenian literature. 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. Abgar, son of archam, ascends the throne in the twentieth year of archavir, king of the persians. 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. Nothing is known of his life apart from alleged autobiographical details contained in the history of armenia, which. Thomson is unable to retain the witty prose of the original work and perhaps this is to be expected. Movses khorenatsi began his history with khaik, the legendary ancestor of the armenians, and continued it down to the year 428.
Translation of history of armenia moses of chorene in. Moses of chorene is considered the father of armenian history, much as the greek historian herodotus is considered to be the father of history. 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. 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. Traditionally believed to have lived in the 5th century ce, moses has also been dated as late as the 9th century. Wikimedia commons has media related to historians from armenia pages in category armenian historians the following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. Oct 23, 2012 this is the summary of history of armenia by moses of chorene, charles river editors. To begin with, the title of the book written in the classical armenian tongue is not history of the armenians but history of armenia. 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. Churches from antiquity including tatev, geghard, garni and zvarnots. Description and travel armenia history to 428 history ancient general history europe former soviet republics middle east. Media in category matenadaran ms 2865 history of armenia the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Armenians call themselves hayer and their county hayastan the land of the hayasa after their founder haik, who according to moses of chorene. Ephrem against the bardesanites of his day are not a fair criterion of the doctrine of their master.
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