“Causes” of Paul’s 14 Epistles by the 11th century Armenian commentator Gevorg Kagh [PDF]
“Causes” of the Old and New Testaments were already widely circulated during the period of early Christianity. They were placed before the commentary of a certain book of the Bible and gave compact information about its author, content, purpose, as well ...
Gayane Terzyan, Arevik Arabyan
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The Fourfold Gospel in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian [PDF]
Ephrem of Nisibis is unique among patristic authors for having authored a commentary on Tatian’s gospel commonly known as the “Diatessaron.” In this article I examine Ephrem’s corpus to determine what evidence exists for his knowledge and use of gospel versions beyond that of Tatian, most especially the fourfold, or separated gospel.
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Many Hands Without Design:The Evolution of a Medieval Prophetic Text [PDF]
This article reconstructs the pre-manuscript history of the Sibylla Tiburtina, a late antique prophetic text, very widespread after c.1000. It argues against the prevailing belief that a single intelligence structured the Latin text to a single meaning ...
Holdenried, Anke
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The Influence of the Syriac Literature on the Old Oriental Slavonic Literatures
Arising from the range of influence of the Byzantine Empire, Syriac literature and the literature of eastern Slavs have a lot more in common than might be initially imagined.
Salustio ALVARADO SOCASTRO
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О родстве московской и кирилло-белозерской редакций Стишного пролога
В конце первой четверти XIV в. по инициативе сербской иерархии на Балканах началось введение Иерусалимского устава вместо Студийского. Разновидность Пролога с краткими стихами, связанная с Иерусалимским уставом, известна в двух переводах с греческого ...
Марина Владимировна Чистякова
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Linee introduttive a Barhadbeshabba di Halwan, Causa della fondazione delle scuole. Filosofia e storia della filosofia greca e cristiana in Barhadbeshabba [PDF]
Il presente articolo costituisce un’introduzione alla Causa della fondazione delle scuole, una particolare ‘storia della filosofia’ dovuta a Bahadbeshabba, autore nestoriano della Scuola di Nisibi, vissuto nel tardo VI secolo.
Ramelli, Ilaria
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“Embedded” stories: on one literary device in the Syriac memre [PDF]
In the article at the first time is analyzed a special literary device in the Syriac memre – the “embedded” stories. By this device the fictitious character, in turn, becomes the narrator.
Sofia Fomicheva
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Syriac Apocalyptic and the Body Politic: from Individual Salvation to the Fate of the State. Notes on Seventh Century Texts [PDF]
One of the main goals of this paper is to comment on the eschatological notion of “end” as found in a Syriac apocalyptic text of the seventh century, the Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel (or Pseudo-Daniel), recently edited by Matthias Henze and the possible ...
Ubierna, Pablo
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Imagining what Eve would have said after Cain’s murder of Abel: rhetorical practice and Biblical interpretation in an early Byzantine homily [PDF]
Why does the story of Cain and Abel leave out what we would consider essential details? Is there a reason for this silence? Works of fiction that imagine a historical event from an untold perspective are as popular as ever, and recent years have seen an ...
Kalish, Kevin
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The Assyrian Heroic Epic Of Qa īne Gabbara: A Modern Poem In The Ancient Bardic Tradition [PDF]
This work discusses a modern Assyrian epic, Qa īne Gabbara, in both its oral and written traditions, and examines its importance in marking continuity in culture, traditions and language.
Donabed, Sargon
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