Ոչ ձուկ, ոչ թռչու՞ն. նոր հայացք Կյուրեղ Երուսաղեմացու մեծ պահոց կատեխետիկ ընթերցումների` ավանդաբար Գրիգորիս Արշարունուն վերագրված հայերեն մեկնության վրա

Abstract

This paper investigates a text published in Constantinople in 1727-28 as a commentary (meknut‘iwn) on St. Cyril of Jerusalem’s catechetical lectures and attributed to Grigoris Aršaruni, a 7th century commentator on the Armenian lectionary. After analyzing in turn the work’s authorship, contents, and scope, together with genre and approach, it is suggested that the piece does not constitute a self-contained, freestanding composition, but rather comprises an integral part of a tōnapatčar collection seeking to elucidate the deeper theological significance of the major events of the liturgical year. The attempt is made to locate it within the development of that genre and it is tentatively suggested that it originated in the monastic academies, which burgeoned across the Armenian Plateau during the 10th-11th centuries.