Reception of the Greek Story of Melchizedek in Syriac Christian Tradition*
This article focuses on the history of reception of the Story of Melchizedek, an original Greek composition from Late Antiquity, among Syriac-speaking Christians during the Middle Ages. For the first time the original Syriac text, English translation and discussion of three different witnesses to th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 108-143 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Melchizedek
/ Greek language
/ Syriac language
/ Christianity
/ Middle Ages
/ Edition
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KBL Near East and North Africa TD Late Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Syriac Christians
B Abraham B Bible. Apocrypha B Syriac Christianity B MELCHIZEDEK Priesthood (Mormon Church) B ABRAHAM (Biblical patriarch) B Middle Ages B History of Melchizedek B Reception B Melchizedek |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on the history of reception of the Story of Melchizedek, an original Greek composition from Late Antiquity, among Syriac-speaking Christians during the Middle Ages. For the first time the original Syriac text, English translation and discussion of three different witnesses to this apocryphal work in Syriac is provided, namely (1) the abbreviated translation of the Story incorporated into Catena Severi (ninth century), (2) the Pseudo-Athanasian excerpt found in ms. Vatican Syr. 159, and (3) the brief discourse entitled Melchizedek the Priest. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0951820716687509 |