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This article presents a small text by Yovhannēs Orotnets‘i on divine names that is preserved in Matenadaran manuscript 2121. The paper first provides a brief overview of Orotnets‘i’s life and works, then an edition and translation of the text with commentary. The commentary elucidates parallels with the works attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite, Aristotle, Dawit‘ Anyaght‘ (David the Invincible), the scholiastic tradition on the corpus Areopagiticum, John of Damascus, and Armenian commentaries on grammar. Many of the points forwarded by Orotnets‘i also appear in the writings of his student, Grigor Tat‘ewats‘i (1344–1409). The text underscores not only Orotnets‘i’s erudition, but also how the ideas found in the works attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite were integrated with the study of grammar, philosophy, theology, and biblical exegesis in the monastic school curricula of Gladzor and Tat‘ew.

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An Opuscule of Yovhannēs Orotnets‘i on Divine Names
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Keyword(s): apophatic theology.; Aristotle; Dawit‘ Anyaght‘; Dionysius the Areopagite; divine energies; Grigor Tat‘ewats‘i; John of Damascus; names of God; Yovhannēs Orotnets‘i
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