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The Gospel of Matthew

Sophene Books is pleased to announce a new recension of the Gospel of Matthew by Dr. Beyon Miloyan. This landmark volume presents a unified Classical Armenian text and critical apparatus drawn from two primary Classical Armenian editions and six principal Greek editions. According to tradition, as handed down by Koriun (ch. 20), the Holy Scriptures were translated from the Greek...

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The Sophene Bible

We are pleased to announce the Sophene Bible, a new recension of the Classical Armenian Bible complete with a critical apparatus, now being serialized online book by book prior to its full print publication. The series begins with the Gospel of Matthew, edited by Dr. Beyon Miloyan. Read More View the Book

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Ghazar P'arpec'i

Ghazar P'arpec'i by Karekin Zarbanalian (1865)   Ghazar P’arpec’i flourished at the end of the fifth and the beginning of the sixth century. It was a miserable period, after the dissolution of the Arsacid throne, when Armenia was under the political rule of the marzbans. Discord had started to rear its ugly head among the nakharars, putting the country in...

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