Contributions

  • Gūryā, Saint. - Contributor
  • Shamūnā, Saint. - Contributor
  • Habĭb, Saint, of Edessa. - Contributor

Publication

1913 - Published for the Text and Translation Society by Williams and Norgate, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

46,750 words, Guess

Page Count

187 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number13010611

Classifications

  • LCCPJ5631 .A3 1913

Alternate Titles

  • Acts of the confessors of Edessa.

Description

The Syriac versions with translations into English of the legends of the saints Gūryā (Guria) Shamūnā (Shmona) and Habīb including "Euphemia and the Goth" i.e. the story of the miracle ("Thauma") performed by the saints for the benefit of Euphemia.--A German translation of the Syriac-Armenian versions together with the text of the Greek versions was pub. by V. Dobschütz from material left by O. v. Gebhardt (Texte und untersuchungen [etc.] v. 37, 2, 1911) The existence of a Syriac version of the "Thauma" became known to v. Dobschütz only after his edition had left the press.

Subjects

Series Statement

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