Florilegia Syriaca: mapping a knowledge-organizing practice in the Syriac world
"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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2023]
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| In: |
Vigiliae Christianae (volume 179)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Vigiliae Christianae Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae
volume 179 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Syriac language
/ Devotional literature
/ Church
B Florilegium / Syriac language / Devotional literature / Church / Reception / History 500-1600 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Syriac Literature History and criticism B Manuscripts, Syriac History and criticism B Christian literature, Syriac History and criticism |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| ISBN: | 9004527540 |