Individual Versions (Armenian)

  • Native Title: "Penitence of Adam"
  • Original Publication: Michael E. Stone, The Penitence of Adam. Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 429-30; Scriptores Armeniaci 13-14. ed. R. Draguet. Leuven, Peeters, 1981.
  • Current Edition Used: same
  • Translation: Michael E. Stone, Penitence of Adam, with some minor corrections.
  • Extended Discussion in Stone, A History of the Literature of Adam and Eve pp. 36-37.

The Armenian version was published by M. Stone in 1981. The critical edition of the text was based on three 17th century manuscripts.

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