The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition: A Comparative Perspective

Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
part I
Introduction to Part I
The Origin and Legacy of the Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition
Jewish Apocalyptic Literature in the Armenian Tradition
The Epic of Sasun: Armenian Apocalypse
The Reception of the Book of Daniel in Late Ancient and Medieval Armenian Society
The Armenian
and the Historical Apocalyptica of Late Antiquity
Enoch in Armenian Apocrypha
The Georgian Nimrod
Geometry and Contemplation: The Architecture of Vardan Anec‘i’s Vision of the Throne-Chariot.
and the Art of Memory in Armenia
The Reception of the Biblical Book of Revelation in Armenia
Armenian Witnesses of Three Eschatological Motifs
The Vision of Saint Gregory and Its Interpretations
The Vision of St. Grigor Lusaworic‘ and the Role of Apocalyptic in the Conversion of Armenia
The Vision of St. Sahak in the
of Lazar P‘arpec‘i
The Visions of Grigor and Sahak Part‘ew: Old Georgian Versions and Their Reflection in Georgian Sources
Section IV
Medieval Armenian Apocalypticism in Context
The Armenian Version of the
Apocalypticizing Warfare: From Political Theology to Imperial Eschatology in Seventhto Early Eighth-Century Byzantium
The Visions of Grigor Narekac‘i
part II
Introduction to Part II
The Last Emperor or the Last Armenian King? Some Considerations on Armenian Apocalyptic Literature from the Cilician Period
Vardan Aygekc‘i’s
and the Medieval Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition
Apocalyptic Traditions in the Armenian Dormition Narratives
Sundials and Medieval Armenian Architecture
Voir Dieu : l’iconographie arménienne de la Vision du Trône d’Ezéchiel dans le contexte de l’art de l’Orient chrétien
Illuminating the Apocalypse in Seventeenth-Century Armenian Manuscripts: The Transition from Printed Book to Manuscript
Vision and Visual Strategies in Three Vernacular Apocalypses from Fourteenth-Century England
Burn the World Down: Manichaean Apocalyptic in Comparative Perspective
Syriac Apocalyptic Literature
‘Orthodox’ Faith and Political Legitimization of a ‘Solomonic’ Dynasty of Rulers in the Ethiopic
Historical Apocalypses in Medieval Bulgarian Literature (10th–14th Centuries)
Armenian Apocalyptica and Medieval Apocalypticism: Some Reflections
List of Contributions According to Conference Presentation
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Manuscripts and Manuscript Collections