Naregatsi & the Koran

Among the various papers presented at the 40th anniversary of the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) in Yerevan in Oct. 2014 was Tamar Boyadjian’s (Michigan State University) presentation about the little consideration give to Armenian sources in the study of the Crusades, due to the “European” perspective of many authors.  At the same event Arshak Balayan (Yerevan State University) discussed Krikor Naregatsi’s polemics with Islam and his list of 16 errors, noting his Bible-based view of the issue, without any reference to an Islamic theologian or the Koran.

Among the various papers presented at the 40th anniversary of the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) in Yerevan in Oct. 2014 was Tamar Boyadjian’s (Michigan State University) presentation about the little consideration give to Armenian sources in the study of the Crusades, due to the “European” perspective of many authors.  At the same event Arshak Balayan (Yerevan State University) discussed Krikor Naregatsi’s polemics with Islam and his list of 16 errors, noting his Bible-based view of the issue, without any reference to an Islamic theologian or the Koran.

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