Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham

Updated by: 
Neta Rozenblit
Research notes: 
NR\Reader checked\25/11/2014
Reference type: 
Book
Author(s): 
Stone, Michael E.
year: 
2012
Full title: 

Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Early Judaism and Its Literature
Issue / Series Volume: 
37
Place of Publication: 
Atlanta
Publisher: 
Society of Biblical Literature
Work type: 
Commentary
Abstract: 

This volume introduces a cycle of stories about Abraham as preserved in fifteen unpublished, late medieval manuscripts in Armenian, published here in English for the first time with commentaries, annotations, and critical apparatus. The texts present embroidered Abraham stories dealing with his youth, his life in Egypt, the binding of Isaac, the story of Melchizedek, and other tales. Embedding Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other ancient traditions, these texts demonstrate mutual borrowing and influence over centuries.

Label: 
17/12/2012
Record number: 
15 982