Re: [tied] Moses of Khoren's "Geography"

From: george knysh
Message: 23226
Date: 2003-06-14

--- alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> george knysh wrote:
> >>> in the second half of the IX century.
> >
> > GK: I wonder... There is a big literature on
> > Moses of Khoren (including the "Geography"
> attributed
> > to him, but perhaps composed by Pappius of
> > Alexandria). We don't need to decide whether
> > Khorenatsi was an author of the 5th (much the
> > preferred theory), 7th, or 9th (very weak theory,
> > easily refutable) c., or whether the "Geography"
> was
> > penned by a pseudo-Moses (as is argued by some
> > scholars). The main issue is that many manuscripts
> of
> > the "Geography" contain later interpolations, and
> > that some printed editions have uncritically
> > maintained these as part of the original text. I
> think
> > that what you have cited is just that: a late
> > interpolation, perhaps as late as the 14th
> century.
> > Scratch.
>
>
> George, I don't give too much importance to this. I
> just wanted to show
> them to you. Do you think that in all these 4
> "sources" someone thought
> to make a joke and to introduce the wallahs there
> just for making
> trouble ? It seems not realisticaly.

******GK: There's no problem with any of these sources
as long as you don't try to make them say more than
they imply. I suspect that the "trouble" stems from
certain 21rst century perspectives (:=)).****



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