Armenian Philology in the Modern Era

Valentina Calzolari is Professor of Armenian Studies at the University of Geneva and the current President of the Association Internationale des Etudes Arméniennes. She has published extensively on ancient Armenian Literature. She is co-editor of the seriesCommentaria in Aristotelem Armeniaca. Davidis Opera (Philosophia Antiqua, Brill). Michael E. Stone is Professor emeritus of Armenian Studies and Comparative Religion in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has major contributions to the study of Armenian paleography and epigraphy and the reception history of Biblical and apocryphal traditions in Armenian. He is also one of the editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

• ForewordIntroductionSiglaPART IManuscripts, Inscriptions and PrintingsThe Archaeology of the Armenian Manuscript: Codicology, Paleography and Beyond - Dickran KOUYMJIANCollections and Catalogues of Armenian Manuscripts - Bernard COULIEOn the historical and literary Value of the Colophons in Armenian Manuscripts - Anna SIRINIANArmenian Epigraphy - Tim GREENWOODArmenian Publishing and the Quest for Modernity (16th-19th centuries) - Raymond H. KEVORKIANThe Methodology of Textual EditionText Editing: Principles and Methods -Bernard COULIEDigital Techniques for Critical Edition - Tara ANDREWSLinguistics, Normative Grammar, Dialectology and Philology Connections between Linguistics, Normative Grammar, and Philology - Moreno MORANI Manuscripts and Dialects - Jos J.S. WEITENBERGPART II: Case StudiesBible and Apocrypha The Armenian Bible: Status Quaestionis - Claude COXThe Armenian Apocryphal Literature of the Old Testament in the Twentieth Century - Michael E. STONEThe Editing of Christian Apocrypha in Armenian: Should we turn a new leaf? - Valentina CALZOLARIPatristics, Historiography, Hellenizing School and Philosophical Literature, Medieval PoetryThe Church Fathers in Armenia, and the Armenian Fathers - Bernard OUTTIERThe Major Works of Armenian Historiography (Classical and Medieval) - Robert W. THOMSONThe Hellenizing School - Gohar MURADYANPhilosophical Literature in ancient and medieval Armenia - Valentina CALZOLARIMedieval Poetic Texts - Theo M. VAN LINTModern and Contemporary Periods Philology, Documentary Research, and Channels of Cultural Diffusion from the 17th to the 19th century - Paolo LUCCA The Publication of Western Armenian Literature in the 20th century (1920-2000) - Harout KURKJIANLiterary Production in Twentieth-Century Armenia: From Stifling State Control to the Uncertainties of Independence - Myrna DOUZJIANTowards a “Discourse on Method” in Armenian Studies: A Survey of Recent Debates with Special Regard to the Problem of Textual Hermeneutics - Boghos L. ZEKIYANLIST OF CONTRIBUTORSINDEX