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

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. Honestly, it looks like someone
looks with all his power to look for a knot in a bulrush plant just
because he doesn't like what he see.

alex