Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Adam and Eve
Edited with Introductions, Translations and Commentary
Biographical note
Michael E. Stone, Ph.D., D.Litt., is Professor of Armenian Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He has written extensively on Armenian Studies and ancient Jewish Literature, including Selected Studies in Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha with Special Reference to the Armenian Tradition (Brill, 1991). He pioneered the study of biblical and apocryphal traditions in Armenian, a previously neglected area.
Readership
All those interested in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the reception of biblical themes in both East and West, Armenian religious thought, Armenian literature, Syriac and Greek religious literature.
Reviews
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