The Armenian version of Ps.-Hippolytus \(\textit {De Consummatione Mundi}\) and its impact on the Armenian apocalyptic tradition
- This article presents for the first time the Armenian version of an eschatological composition known as Ps.-Hippolytus \(\textit {De Consummatione Mundi}\) (BHG 812z, CPG 1910) in comparison with its Greek original, and evaluates its possible impact on other Armenian apocalyptic texts, particularly Agat'angel \(\textit {On the end of the world}\). It first discusses briefly the textual tradition of the Armenian Ps.-Hippolytus and reveals that it is extant in at least two recensions. Their distinctive features are exposed. Then, the article explores some common themes, the so-called ‘eschatologically sensitive formulae’, that Ps.-Hippolytus and Agat'angel \(\textit {On the end of the world}\) share, emphasising both text’s engagement in anti-Jewish polemic. Such \(\it topoi\), particularly in relation to the function of the Jews in the eschatological drama and their fate during the Last Judgement, are significant given that they are attested only in very few other texts. This could lead to the hypothesis of a direct dependence between these two texts. However, a more detailed comparison provides grounds to refuse this possibility. Nevertheless, a shared cultural-geographical \(\it milieu\) of the two texts’ redaction may be hypothesised and a possible relative and absolute dating proposed, suggesting a date of the composition of Agat'angel \(\textit {On the end of the world}\) at the time of Emperor Heraclius and the so-called last great conflict of Late Antiquity – the Byzantine-Persian wars.
| Author: | Zaroui PogossianORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-88259 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.133.1.3287663 |
| Parent Title (French): | Le Muséon |
| Subtitle (English): | a first appraisal |
| Publisher: | Peeters |
| Place of publication: | Leuven |
| Document Type: | Preprint |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2022/04/07 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2022/01/01 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | JEWSEAST, Project ID: 647467 |
| Volume: | 133 |
| Issue: | 1-2 |
| First Page: | 141 |
| Last Page: | 163 |
| Note: | JEWSEAST, Project ID: 647467 |
| Note: | This is a pre peer-reviewed, pre-print author’s version. For citation please see the final printed version in Z. Pogossian, “The Armenian version of Ps.-Hippolytus De Consummatione Mundi and its impact on Armenian apocalyptic tradition. A first appraisal”, Le Muséon (1/2020): 141-163. |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien (CERES) |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Religion / Religion, Religionsphilosophie |
| Licence (German): |  Keine Creative Commons Lizenz - es gelten die Rechteeinräumung und das deutsche Urheberrecht |
