Abstract:
Ivane Javakhishvili's research on the narration of monuments
of ancient Georgian writing, namely About the style of St.
Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's hagiographic writings, which is expressed
in his fundamental work and the monograph published after his
death, they are "Old Georgian Historical Writing~ and The publication
of St. Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's writings and the study attached
to it, acquired great importance for the general study of Georgian
religious and secular literature, historical writing, and the
conceptual issues of the Georgian Literary and Theological
School of Athos.
He was one of the first to pay attention and form his views
to St. About the codicological-textological issues, sources and
narrative style of Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's hagiographical works,
thereby drawing attention to the methodological views of the writer-hagiographer. In this regard, Ivane Javakhishvili directed
his observations to On the text of "The Life of St. John and St.
Ephvime Mtatsmindelis" as a historical work, but these observations
are also important from a philological-literary point of view.
According to the scientist, he had oral and written sources,
which he himself indicates. In modern research, we have the opportunity
to verify the mentioned issues with other sources,
which once again shows the scientific genius of Ivane Javakhishvili.
In these works, Ivane Javakhishvili used the terminology
used in theological and historical writings, namely "tskhoreva",
"dignified citizenship", "a letter to be remembered", "length of
time", "the coming of truth to science", "infallible" and others.
Discussed by The issue of St. Giorgi Mtatsmindeli's hagiographic
narrative style, which presents the author as a truthful writer.
The report talks about the different opinions on each raised issue
based on historical and philological studies at the modern
stage.
The work presents the merits of Ivane Javakhishvili St. Giorgi
Mtatsmindeli's hagiographic works. In determining the sources,
textological processing, narrative style, epochal value of the
lives of Saints John and Ephvime in the context of the thought
space of the Middle Ages, based on the achievements of modern
philological-literary science.
