Die Entstehung der kaukasischen Alphabete als kulturhistorisches Phänomen
Subtitle: Referate des internationalen Symposions (Wien, 1.-4. Dezember 2005) = The creation of the Caucasian alphabets as phenomenon of cultural history
By: herausgegeben von Werner Seibt und Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
Series: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Denkschriften -- 430. Band Veröffentlichungen zur Byzanzforschung ; v Bd. 28; Denkschriften (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 430. Bd.; Denkschriften (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- Bd. 28.
Publisher: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wien
Language: ger; fre; eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9783700170884
Subjects: Caucasian languages; Congresses; Alphabet; History; Armenian language; Caucasian Albanian language; Writing; Languages
Other titles: Creation of the Caucasian alphabets as phenomenon of cultural history
Description: "The volume was created on the basis of selected contributions to an international symposium that was held in 2005 on the occasion of the 1600-year anniversary of the creation of the Armenian alphabet in Vienna at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In order to view this major event of cultural history in a larger context, the conception of the symposium was widened in order to include not only the other two South Caucasian alphabets, the Georgian and Albanian, but also the Coptic one and the conditions in the Iranian empire of those centuries. Some well-datable, relatively clear research results are often in strong contrast to the more legendary traditions, which science has not resolved sufficiently until now. That the blessed Mas̆tocʹ, who in the later tradition is rather called Mesrop, in 405/406 created the Armenian alphabet is beyond discussion. But the Armenian tradition ascribes to Mas̆tocʹ also the creation of the Albanian and the oldest Georgian alphabet. For the former, there existed until recently only vague theories; only after the decoding and decryption of palimpsests discovered in the St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai, to which a contribution in this volume is dedicated, founded statements are possible. For the Georgian alphabet a completely new approach is presented in a paper (creation in the Syrian-Palestinian region, just after the creation of the Armenian alphabet). On the basis of these alphabets emerged a rich literature, which reached very quickly high bloom, especially in Armenia. Thus, the volume is not only of interest for specialists in the areas of the Caucasus, but also for all researchers concerned with the development of Christian cultures in the late antique and early medieval centuries."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seven contributions in German, 3 in English, and 1 in French.
Table of contents: title: Mesrop Maštoc' and the beginning of Armenian philosophy / Sen Arevšatyan; title: The creation of the Armenian alphabet and the Armenian identity / Vladimir Barkhudaryan; title: Das armenische Alphabet im Kontext der autochthomen Schriftsysteme des Christlichen Orients / Armenuhi Drost-Abgarjan; title: Koptisches Alphabet und koptische Identität / Hans Förster; title: The script of the Caucasian Albanians in the light of the Sinai palimpsests / Jost Gippert; title: Die Folgen der Entstehung des georgischen Alphabets in den ersten Jahrhunderten / Vakhtang Imnaishvili; title: Die albanische Schrift - zum Problem "Mesrop Maštoc'" / Zurab Kananchev; title: Das Datum der Entstehung des armenischen Alphabets / Mesrob K. Krikorian; title: Systèmes d'écriture et historiographie de la christianisation du Caucase / Jean-Pierre Mahé; title: Wo, wann und zu welchem Zweck wurde das georgische Alphabet geschaffen? / Werner Seibt; title: Das Christentum im iranischen Kulturraum bis zum 13. Jahrhundert anhand der syrischen Quellen und der Schriftdenkmăler im Iran / Xavier Tremblay.