Studies on Jacob of Edessa

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1663-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 159 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies

Jacob of Edessa was a seventh century polymath who witnessed the coming of Islam. In this collection of papers, specialists discuss the life and works of this figure with emphasis on the cultural landscape of the seventh century. Contributors include Sebastian P. Brock, Richard Price, Andreas Juckel, Alison Salvesen, Theresia Hainthaler, Amir Harrak, and Khalid Dinno.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Symposium of Mor Jacob of Edessa (page 7)
- Jacob the Annotator. Jacob's Annotations to his Revised Translation of Severus' Cathedral Homilies (page 15)
- A. Differences in Usage between Greek and Syriac (page 16)
- B. Word Play in Greek Lost in Syriac (page 17)
- C. Lexical Matters (page 17)
- D. Hebrew Matters (page 19)
- E. Other Exegetical Matters (page 22)
- F. Theological Matters (page 23)
- G. Identifications of People or Places (page 25)
- H. Realia (page 26)
- The Physical World in Jacob of Edessa's Hexaemeron (page 29)
- Jacob of Edessa and his Enchiridion. Some Remarks (page 41)
- 1. Jacob of Edessa (page 41)
- 1.1. Some voices on Jacob of Edessa (page 42)
- 1.2. A brief outline of Jacob's vita (page 44)
- 2. Collection of Definitions (page 46)
- 2.1. The literary genre (page 46)
- 2.2. Some examples in the 6th and 7th centuries (page 47)
- 3. The Enchiridion of Jacob of Edessa (page 50)
- 3.1. Content of the Enchiridion (page 52)
- 1. Nature (page 52)
- 2. Substance (page 52)
- 3. Hypostasis (page 53)
- 4. Essentia (page 53)
- 5. Person (page 54)
- 6. Species (page 54)
- 3.2. A Patristic Citation (page 54)
- 4. Few Concluding Remarks (page 56)
- Jacob of Edessa as a Chronicler (page 57)
- The Chronicle of Jacob of Edessa and its Manuscript (page 58)
- Structure of the Chronicle (page 59)
- Part One (page 59)
- Part Two (page 60)
- The Contents of the Chronicle of Jacob of Edessa (page 62)
- The Sources of the Chronicle of Jacob of Edessa (page 73)
- Conclusion (page 77)
- Did Jacob of Edessa Revise the New Testament Peshitta? (page 79)
- Introduction (page 79)
- I. The Gospel Quotations from the Hexaemeron (page 80)
- a) Quotations aligned with the Peshitta and the Harklean (page 81)
- b) The remaining Gospel quotations (page 85)
- II. The 'Prehistory' of the Revisionin Ms Bl Add. 17,134 (page 89)
- 1. Jacob's revision of Severus' Hymns (page 89)
- 2. Jacob’s ?revisional’ quotations of the Peshitta (page 90)
- 3. The ?prehistory’ (page 92)
- III. Summary (page 92)
- Bibliography (page 93)
- The Christological Controversies of the Age of Jacob of Edessa (page 95)
- The Monothelete Controversy as Viewed in Syria (page 96)
- A Matter of Words (page 100)
- The Modern Ecumenical Climate (page 104)
- Was Jacob Trilingual? Jacob of Edessa's Knowledge of Hebrew Revisited (page 107)
- 1. Hexaemeron, Ed. Chabot, 6 P.76: Heavens' (page 108)
- 2. Hexaemeron, Ed. Chabot, P. 83A…b: on the Names of the South and North Winds (page 110)
- 3. Hexaemeron, Ed. Chabot, P. 147A: the Moon (page 111)
- 4. HEXAEMERON, ed. Chabot, p. 207b…208a:THE INDIAN BIRD' (Job 39.13…18). (page 112)
- 4. Hexaemeron, Ed. Chabot, P. 207B…208a:the Indian Bird' (Job 39.13…18). (page 112)
- 5. Hexaemeron P. 283B: God Created All Humanity (page 114)
- 6. Hexaemeron, Ed. Chabot, 324B (page 115)
- 7. Jacob's Scholion on the Divine Name,ed. Brière, P. 196/[700] (page 116)
- Conclusion (page 118)
- The Final Statement for Mor Jacob of Edessa Symposium Held in Aleppo, June 9…12, 2008 (page 121)
- List of the Scholars (page 123)