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Adamgirk` : the Adam Book of Arak`el of Siwnik`

The first English translation of a major work of medieval literature: the Armenian epic poem on Adam and Eve, Adamgirk, composed by Arak`el of Siwnik` in the early fifteenth century. Michael E. Stone also supplies an illuminating introduction. - ;This is the first English translation of the major Ar...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stone, Michael E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2007.
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Sumario:The first English translation of a major work of medieval literature: the Armenian epic poem on Adam and Eve, Adamgirk, composed by Arak`el of Siwnik` in the early fifteenth century. Michael E. Stone also supplies an illuminating introduction. - ;This is the first English translation of the major Armenian epic on Adam and Eve composed by Arak'el of Siwnik' in the early fifteenth century. Arak'el writes extremely powerful narrative poetry, as in his description of the brilliance of paradise, of Satan's mustering his hosts against Adam and Eve, and Eve's inner struggle between obedience to God a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (348 pages)
ISBN:9780191514043
0191514047