From: alex
Message: 23215
Date: 2003-06-14
>>> in the second half of the IX century.George, I don't give too much importance to this. I just wanted to show
>
> *****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.******