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E-Book, Englisch, 388 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies

Duval Syriac Literature

An English Translation of <i>La Littérature Syriaque</i>
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3410-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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An English Translation of <i>La Littérature Syriaque</i>

E-Book, Englisch, 388 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies

ISBN: 978-1-4632-3410-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)



Despite having been written over a century ago, the 3rd edition of Rubens Duval's History of Syriac Literature remains one of the best - and most readable - introductions to Syriac literature. This edition provides the first English translation of the work, translated by Olivier Holmey.

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- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Foreword to the English Edition (page 7)
- Part I: Syriac Literature and its Different Genres (page 9)
- I. The Origins of Syriac Literature (page 11)
- II. General Features of Syriac Literature. Poetry (page 15)
- 1. Features of Syriac Literature (page 15)
- 2. Poetry (page 17)
- III. The Ancient Versions of the Old and New Testaments (page 29)
- 1. The so-called Peshitta version of the Old Testament (page 29)
- 2. The ancient versions of the New Testament (page 39)
- IV. The Syro-Palestinian Version of the Old and New Testament (page 45)
- V. The Later Versions of the Old and New Testament (page 51)
- VI. The Syrian Masoretic Text (page 55)
- VII. The Biblical Commentaries (page 61)
- VIII. The Apocrypha of the Old and New Testament (page 75)
- 1. The Apocrypha of the Old Testament (page 75)
- 2. The Apocrypha of the New Testament (page 81)
- IX. The Acts of the Martyrs and Saints (page 105)
- 1. The Acts of the Martyrs of Occidental Mesopotamia (page 105)
- 2. The Acts of the Martyrs of Persia (page 110)
- 3. The Syriac texts on the martyrs outside Mesopotamia and Persia (page 124)
- 4. - Lives of the saints and martyrs (page 130)
- X. The Apologetic Texts (page 141)
- XI. Ecclesiastical Canons and Civil Law (page 145)
- 1. Ecclesiastical canons translated from Greek (page 145)
- 2. Syriac ecclesiastical canons (page 149)
- 3. Civil law (page 156)
- XII. The Historiographers (page 161)
- 1. General History (page 161)
- 2. Particular Histories (page 185)
- XIII. Ascetic Literature (page 195)
- XIV. Philosophy (page 211)
- 1. Syriac philosophy (page 211)
- 2. Aristotelian philosophy (page 220)
- 3. Other Syriac versons of Greek philosophy (page 231)
- XV. The Sciences of the Syrians (page 239)
- 1. Medicine (page 239)
- 2. Natural history (page 244)
- 3. Astronomy, cosmography, and geography (page 246)
- 4. Chemistry (page 250)
- 5. Mathematics (page 251)
- XVI. Grammar, Lexicography, Rhetoric, and Poetics (page 253)
- 1. Grammar (page 253)
- 2. Lexicography (page 261)
- 3. Rhetoric and poetics (page 266)
- XVII. Syriac Translations (page 269)
- 1. Translations of works by the Greek Fathers (page 270)
- 2. Translations of secular works (page 284)
- Part II: Notes on the Syriac Authors (page 289)
- I. Writers up until the 5th Century (page 293)
- II. Writers up until the 7th Century (page 301)
- 1. The Orthodox (page 301)
- 2. The Nestorians (page 304)
- 3. The Monophysites (page 312)
- III. Writes under the Arabs (page 329)
- 1. The 7th century (page 329)
- 2. The 8th century (page 339)
- 3. The 9th century (page 345)
- 4. The 10th century (page 351)
- 5. The 11th century (page 353)
- 6. The 12th century (page 356)
- 7. The 13th century and the end of Syriac literature (page 360)
- Index of Names (page 371)



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