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Title

Syriac sayings of Greek philosophers : a study in Syriac gnomologia with edition and translation / Yury Arzhanov.

Author

Arzhanov, I︠U︡. N. (I︠U︡riĭ Nikolaevich)

Publication

• Lovanii [Louvain, Belgium] : In Aedibus Peeters, 2019.
• ©2019

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Description

xli, 362 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Syriac "Sayings of Greek Philosophers" (SGP) is a corpus of sentences preserved in a number of Syriac manuscripts in the form of different collections and under different titles (until now these sentences were mainly referred to as "On the Soul"). SGP consists of two main blocks of sentences represented by two gnomic anthologies, the "Dublin Florilegium," consisting of short maxims, and the "Tur 'Abdin Florilegium," including longer expositions in moral philosophy, or "counsels." The first introductory part of the book not only describes the textual witnesses of SGP, but also surveys all other extant gnomic materials attributed to Greek philosophers and poets (the Seven Sages, Homer, Plato, Menander, Pythagoras, Theano, etc.), including gnomologia, florilegia, exempla, and doxography. Two chapters of the introduction focus on the pedagogical use of the gnomic materials mainly connected with the new Christian forms of rhetorical education based on the study of the Bible and on the texts of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus. The second part of the book contains a critical edition of SGP on the basis of 15 manuscripts."--

Series Statement

Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium ; vol. 669. Subsidia, 0070-0444 ; 138

Uniform Title

• Sayings of Greek philosophers. English (Arzhanov)
• Sayings of Greek philosophers. Syriac (Arzhanov)
• Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium ; v. 669.
• Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. Subsidia ; t. 138.

Alternative Title

Study in Syriac gnomologia with edition and translation

Subject

• Sayings of Greek philosophers
• Philosophy, Ancient > Translations into Syriac
• Philosophy, Ancient > Influence
• Greek literature > Translations into Syriac > History and criticism
• Christian literature, Syriac > History and criticism
• Christian literature, Early > Syriac authors > History and criticism
• Fathers of the church, Syriac
• Christian literature, Syriac

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xli) and indexes.

Language (note)

• Includes the text of the treatise Sayings of Greek philosophers in the original Syriac, with English translation on facing pages (pages 224-325). Introduction and critical matter in English.

Call Number

JFE 21-6405

ISBN

• 9789042937253
• 9042937254

OCLC

1089341757

Author

Arzhanov, I︠U︡. N. (I︠U︡riĭ Nikolaevich), author.

Title

Syriac sayings of Greek philosophers : a study in Syriac gnomologia with edition and translation / Yury Arzhanov.

Publisher

Lovanii [Louvain, Belgium] : In Aedibus Peeters, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium ; vol. 669. Subsidia, 0070-0444 ; 138

Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium ; v. 669.

Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium. Subsidia ; t. 138.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xli) and indexes.

Language

Includes the text of the treatise Sayings of Greek philosophers in the original Syriac, with English translation on facing pages (pages 224-325). Introduction and critical matter in English.

Added Title

Container of (expression): Sayings of Greek philosophers. English (Arzhanov)

Container of (expression): Sayings of Greek philosophers. Syriac (Arzhanov)

Research Call Number

JFE 21-6405