ISBN:
9789004527553
,
9789004527546
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Keywords:
Christian literature, Syriac History and criticism
;
Syriac literature History and criticism
;
Manuscripts, Syriac History and criticism
;
Christianity
Abstract:
From the 6th century onwards, Syriac patristic florilegia – collections of Greek patristic excerpts in Syriac translation – progressively became a prominent form through which Syriac and Arab Christians shaped their knowledge of theology. In these collections, early Greek Christian literature underwent a substantial process of selection and re-organization. The papers collected in this volume study Syriac florilegia in their own right, as cultural products possessing their own specific textuality, and outline a phenomenology of Syriac patristic florilegia by mapping their diffusion and relevance in time and space, from the 6th to the 17th century, from the Roman Empire to China
Note:
English
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