The Peshitta : its use in literature and liturgy : papers read at the third Peshitta Symposium / edited by Bas ter Haar Romeny.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Peshi?ta Symposium, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Haar Romeny, R. B. ter.

Conference Name:

Peshitta Symposium (3rd : 2001 : Leiden, Netherlands)

Peshiòtta Symposium.

Series:

Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden ; v. 15.

Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden, 0169-9008 ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. O.T--Syriac--Versions--Peshitta--Congresses.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume, containing papers read at the Third Peshitta Symposium, brings together biblical studies and Syriac liturgy and patristic literature. It discusses the patristic and liturgical evidence for the Syriac versions, as well as their reception in the Syriac churches.

Contents:

Use of the Syriac versions in the liturgy / Sebastian P. Brock

Between the school and the monk's cell : the Syriac Old Testament commentary tradition / Lucas Van Rompay

Problems in the Syriac New Testament and how Syrian exegetes solved them / William L. Petersen

Biblical text in the Disputation of Sergius the Stylite against a Jew / A. Peter Hayman

Reworking the biblical text in the dramatic dialogue poems on the Old Testament patriarch Joseph / Kristian Heal

Old Testament in the new : the Syriac versions of the New Testament as a witness to the text of the Old Testament Peshitta / Jan Joosten

'Syriac Masora' and the New Testament Peshitta / Andreas Juckel

Four kingdoms in Peshitta Daniel 7 in the light of the early history of interpretation / Arie van der Kooij

Aphrahat's use of his Old Testament / Marinus D. Koster

'There is no need of turtle-doves or young pigeons ...' (Jacob of Sarug) : quotations and non-quotations of Leviticus in selected Syriac writers / David J. Lane

Ephrem, his school, and the Yawnaya : some remarks on the early Syriac versions of the New Testament / Christian Lange

Ishodad's knowledge of Hebrew as evidenced from his treatment of Peshitta Ezekiel / Jerome A. Lund

Text of the New Testament in the Acts of Judas Thomas / Craig E. Morrison

Interpretation in the Greek Antiochenes and the Syriac Fathers / Shinichi Muto

Book of Proverbs in Aphrahat's Demonstrations / Robert J. Owens

Sirach quotations in the Discourses of Philoxenus of Mabbug: text and context / Wido van Peursen

Reception of Peshitta Chronicles: some elements for investigation / David Phillips

Greek vs. the Peshitta in a West Syrian exegetical collection / Bas ter Haar Romeny

Peshitta and biblical quotations in the longer Syriac version of the commentary of Athanasius on the Psalms (BL Add. 14568), with special attention to Psalm 23 (24) and 102 (103) / Harry F. van Rooy

Reception of the Peshitta Psalter in Bar Salibi's Commentary on the Psalms / Stephen D. Ryan

Obscure words in the Peshitta of Samuel, according to Theodore bar Koni / Alison Salvesen

New Testament quotations in the breviary of the Syrian Orthodox Church,example : The Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) / Aho Shemunkasho

Psalm headings in the West Syrian tradition / David G.K. Taylor

Peshitta New Testament quotations in the West Syrian anaphoras : some general observations / Baby Varghese.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-92105-X

9786611921057

90-474-1889-1

OCLC:

476207340