Blog RSS

The Gospel of Mark

Sophene Books is pleased to announce a new recension of The Gospel of Mark 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. It is the second volume of The Sophene Bible, following on from The Gospel of Matthew released last...

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...

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 Dalassenes: On the Origin of a Byzantine Noble Family

Nicholas Adontz' The Dalassenes: On the Origin of a Byzantine Noble Family, translated from the French by Robert Bedrosian.

The Canons of Saint Sahak

The Canons of Saint Sahak, in Classical Armenian, with a facing English translation by Frederick Conybeare.

Tags: ebook

Saint Nerses Shnorhali's Letter to the Edessans

Saint Nerses Shnorhali's Letter to the Edessans, in Classical Armenian, with an English translation by Beyon Miloyan.

Tags: ebook

The Assizes of Antioch (Part II: Assizes of the Court of the Bourgeois)

The Assizes of Antioch (Part II: Assizes of the Court of the Bourgeois), in Middle Armenian with a facing French translation by Fr. Ghevont Alishan.

Tags: ebook

The Assizes of Antioch (Part I: Assizes of the Seignorial Court)

The Assizes of Antioch, in Middle Armenian with a facing French translation by Fr. Ghevont Alishan.

Tags: ebook

On the Armenian Monasteries in the Holy City of Jerusalem

Anastas Vardapet's On the Armenian Monasteries in the Holy City of Jerusalem, in Classical Armenian with a facing French translation by Fr. Ghevont Alishan.

Tags: ebook

A Word of Advice Concerning Monastics

A Word of Advice Concerning Monastics by Yeghishe, in 5th century Classical Armenian with a facing English translation by Beyon Miloyan.

Tags: ebook

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...

P'awstos Buzand

On P'awstos Buzand's exquisite History of the Armenians by Karekin Zarbanalian.

Tags: Pawstos Buzand's History of the Armenians

The Last Empire of Iran: Interview with Michael Bonner

Michael Bonner is an independent scholar specializing in Iranian history. His new book, The Last Empire of Iran, is a narrative history of the Sasanian dynasty from its founding in the 3rd century to the Arab conquests in the 7th century.