Adamgirk`: The Adam Book of Arak`el of Siwnik`

by Arak'el

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199204772
• ISBN13: 9780199204779
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"