Nemesius of Emessa’s On the Nature of Man in Medieval Armenian Literature

Nemesius of Emessa’s On the Nature of Man in Medieval Armenian LiteratureBanber MatenadaraniSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/EU3Z9VNK/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.KarineMosikyanNemesius of Emessa’s On the Nature of Man in Medieval Armenian Literaturehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/EU3Z9VNKhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/EU3Z9VNKhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/EU3Z9VNKBanber Matenadarani262018177-206The Armenian version of the book De Natura Hominis (On the Nature of Man) by the 4th century Greek philosopher Nemesius of Emesa has often attracted the attention of medieval Armenian natural philosophers and physicians as a source of fundamental theoretical knowledge. Traces of this work can be found in the writings of well-known authors, such as Gevorg Skevrats‘i, Grigor Magistros, Yovhan Vorotnets‘i, Grigor Tat‘evatsi, Yovhannes Erznkats‘i, Simeon Jughayets‘i et al. There are many parallels between Nemesius’ work and other texts, which need detailed study. The article, in particular, argues that the anonymous treatise Оn the Nature of Man, beginning with “It is said that man came into being from four [elements]…” («Յաղագս բնութեան մարդոյ. Ի չորից գոյացեալ ասի մարդն...») and obviously influenced by Nemesius, which had been ascribed to Yakob Ghrimets‘i (14th-15th cc.), is in fact an earlier writing, because we have found copies of this text from the 13th-14th centuries. Mosikyan, Karine. “Nemesius of Emessa’s On the Nature of Man in Medieval Armenian Literature.” Banber Matenadarani 26 (2018): 177–206. Karine Mosikyan, Nemesius of Emessa’s On the Nature of Man in Medieval Armenian Literature,” Banber Matenadarani 26 (2018): 177–206.Nemesius of EmesaSyriac influence [Armenia]VII-XVIII CEanthropology