Le commentaire du Psaume 44 par Théodoret de Cyr: Essai d'édition (partielle) de la traduction arménienne (Theodoret of Cyrrhus's Commentary on Psalm 44: A Partial Edition of the Armenian Translation)
Outtier, Bernard · 2024
Outtier edits and translates part of Theodoret of Cyrrhus's Commentary on the Psalms as it survives in Armenian manuscripts. Where, notably, it circulates under the name of Epiphanius of Cyprus rather than Theodoret. The edition covers the commentary on Psalm 44:1–11, together with extracts drawn from Armenian homiliaries. Outtier stresses the doctrinal significance of the find: the reception of Antiochene christology in Armenian matters precisely because Cyril of Alexandria's formulation became the normative one for the Armenian Church. The misattribution is itself a clue to how the text travelled.
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Outtier, Bernard 2024. Le commentaire du Psaume 44 par Théodoret de Cyr: Essai d'édition (partielle) de la traduction arménienne (Theodoret of Cyrrhus's Commentary on Psalm 44: A Partial Edition of the Armenian Translation). Revue des Études Arméniennes, Vol. 42 (2023-2024), pp. 99–113 (Peeters); DOI 10.2143/REA.42.0.3293639. https://doi.org/10.2143/REA.42.0.3293639
What this offers a reader
A primary-source edition showing how Greek theology entered Armenian: including under a false name.
Critical edition by a leading Caucasologist; in the flagship Armenological journal.
Our church rejected the Antiochene position, but our manuscripts kept the texts anyway.
How a Greek theologian's work survived in Armenian under someone else's name.
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