Excerpting History in the Syriac World | Buch

Cover: 9783112244128 | Excerpting History in the Syriac World | Giorgia Nicosia | Buch | XIII

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This book examines five Syriac historiographical excerpt collections from Miaphysite milieus (6th-10th c.), preserved in MSS Deir al-Surian Syr. 28A, British Library Add. 12155, 14533, 12154, and Vat. Sir. 145. The collections draw chiefly on the Syriac translations of the Ecclesiastical Histories of Socrates and Theodoret, while also transmitting passages from Flavius Josephus' Jewish War and the historiesof Eusebius, Pseudo-Zachariah, and John of Ephesus. The volume traces the formation and circulation of the collections and studies their composition, showing how - unlike their Byzantine (Greek) counterparts - they resist strict taxonomies. Copyists adopted individual excerpting techniques, ranging from simple cut-and-paste to more substantial reworking. Moreover, several collections focus on accounts of the anti-Arian struggles and thus present the Miaphysites as the new Nicenes. Finally, the book provides the hitherto largely unedited texts of the corpus, both in Syriac and in English translation. By combining literary and historical analysis and placing Syriac texts within a wider context, the volume brings renewed attention to this overlooked genre and illuminates the role historiography played in forging communal identity.

Zusammenfassung

Giorgia Nicosia, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	XIII 706 S. 40 s/w Tab. 40 b/w tbl.
ISBN-13:	9783112244128
ISBN-10:	3112244125
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Nicosia, Giorgia
Hersteller:	De Gruyter
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Walter de Gruyter GmbH, De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, D-10785 Berlin, productsafety@degruyterbrill.com
Abbildungen:	ill., 40 tbl.
Von/Mit:	Giorgia Nicosia
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.08.2026
Gewicht:	1,326 kg