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Adamgirk` - The Adam Book of Arak`el of Siwnik` (Hardcover)
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Adamgirk` - The Adam Book of Arak`el of Siwnik` (Hardcover)
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This is the first English translation of the major Armenian epic on
Adam and Eve composed by Arak'el of Siwnik' in the early fifteenth
century. Arak'el writes extremely powerful narrative poetry, as in
his description of the brilliance of paradise, of Satan's mustering
his hosts against Adam and Eve, and Eve's inner struggle between
obedience to God and Satan's seduction. In parts the epic is in
dialogue form between Adam, Eve, and God. It also pays much
attention to the typology of Adam and Christ, or Adam's sin and
death and Christ's crucifixion. By implication, this story, from an
Eastern Christian tradition, is the story of all humans, and bears
comparison with later biblical epics, such as Milton's Paradise
Lost. Michael E. Stone's version preserves a balance between
literary felicity and faithfulness to the original. His
Introduction sets the work and its author in historical, religious,
and literary context.
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