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Ephrem (Testament) (text) - ܐܦܪܝܡ

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Titles

  • ܐܦܪܝܡ1
  • ʾAprēm1
  • Éphrem (Testament) (texte)1
  • Ephrem (Testament) (text)1

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Incipit (Opening Line)

“ܐܢܐ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܡܐܬ ܐܢܐ. ܘܕܝܬܝܩܐ ܟܿܬܒ ܐܢܐ. ܕܐܪܦܐ ܠܟܠܢܫ ܕܘܟܪܢܐ. ܡܢ ܗܢܐ ܡܕܡ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܝ.”1 1
“Moi, Éphrem, je meurs et j’écris un testament pour transmettre à tous mémoire de ce que j’ai.”1 1

Explicit (Closing Line)

“ܠܐ ܬܥܢܕ ܪܝܫܢܘܬ: ܡܢܟܝ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܥܠܡܐ: ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܐܠܗܐ: ܘܫܪܐ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܘܠܫܡܝܐ.”1 1
“Que le pouvoir ne te quitte pas jusque dans l’éternité, jusqu’à ce que vienne le Christ et qu’il dissolve la terre et le ciel.”1 1

Editions

Josephus Assemanus, Petrus Benedictus and Stephanus Evodius Assemanus (eds.), Sancti patris nostri Ephraem Syri Opera omnia quae exstant Graece, Syriace, Latine, in sex tomos distributa: ad mss. codices Vaticanos aliosque castigata, multis aucta, nova interpretatione ... lectionibus illustrata: nunc primum ... e Bibliotheca Vaticana prodeunt (Romae: Ex Typographia Vaticana apud Joannem Mariam Henricum Salvioni, 1732)., : Rome, 1743, p. 395-410 + 433-437.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Archive.org Bibliographic record (Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
J. Josephus Overbeck, S. Ephraemi Syri, Rabulae episcopi Edesseni, Balaei aliorumque opera selecta e codicibus syriacis manuscriptis in museo Britannico et bibliotheca Bodleiana asservatis primus edidit (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1865)., : Oxford, 1865, p. 137-156.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record (Edition from manuscript witness 2. See below.)
Paulus Bedjan, Liber superiorum: seu historia monastica auctore Thoma, Episcopo Margensi; Liber fundatorum monasteriorum in regno Persarum et Arabum; Homiliæ Mar-Narsetis in Joseph; Documenta patrum de quibusdam veræ fidei dogmatibus (Parisiis, 1901)., : Paris-Leipzig, 1901, p. 681-696.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record (Edition from manuscript witness 3. See below.)
Rubens Duval, "Le Testament de saint Éphrem." Journal asiatique IX, 18 (1901)., : 9e sér. 18 (1901), p. 243-283.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record (Edition from manuscript witness 4. See below.)
Edmund Beck (ed.), Des Heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Sermones, IV [Text] vol. 1 , Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, (Louvain: Secrétariat du Corpus SCO, 1973), vol: 4, : Louvain, 1973, p. 43-69 + variantes p. x-xi.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record (Edition from manuscript witnesses , 10. See below.)

Modern Translations

  • Latin: Josephus Assemanus, Petrus Benedictus and Stephanus Evodius Assemanus (eds.), Sancti patris nostri Ephraem Syri Opera omnia quae exstant Graece, Syriace, Latine, in sex tomos distributa: ad mss. codices Vaticanos aliosque castigata, multis aucta, nova interpretatione ... lectionibus illustrata: nunc primum ... e Bibliotheca Vaticana prodeunt (Romae: Ex Typographia Vaticana apud Joannem Mariam Henricum Salvioni, 1732)., : Rome, 1743, p. 395-410 + 433-437, Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Archive.org Bibliographic record 1
  • German: Edmund Beck (ed.), Des Heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Sermones, IV [Translation] vol. 2 , Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1973), pp: 53-80, Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record 1
  • French: T Lamy, "Le Testament de Saint Éphrem le Syrien." in Compte rendu quatrième Congrès scientifique international des catholiques (Fribourg, Suisse: Imprimerie et librairie de l'Oeuvre de Saint-Paul, 1898)., pp: 173-219, Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record 1

    • Ancient Versions

    Arabic: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974-2003)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record 1
    Armenian: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974-2003)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record 1
    Georgian: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974-2003)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record 1

    Syriac Manuscript Witnesses

    ms Rome, Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + variantes de Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v 1
    mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14582, f. 74v-81 + Add. 14624, f. 1-8v + Add. 14666, f. 57-61 + ms Vatican, Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v 1
    ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms de Mossoul 1
    mss Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v + mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14624, f. 1-8v + Add. 14666, f. 15-19 + Add. 14582, f. 74v-81 + ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms Chicago, University Library, Oriental Institute, A?12.008, f. 64-65 1
    ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, or. quart. 940 (Assfalg 17), f. 177v-187v 1
    ms Mossoul, Église chaldéenne Sainte-Meskinta, = olim Mossoul, Patriarcat chaldéen, cod. 90 1
    ms Dar‘un-Harissa, Dayr al-Sharfeh, Résidenc patriarcale syrienne catholique, Fonds Rahmani, cod. 218 1
    ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 69 (Dolabany) 1
    ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 72 (Dolabany) 1
    The manuscript witnesses for edition 5 are undetermined. 1
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    Works Cited

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    • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 1255.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 2 J.S. Assemani, De scriptoribus Syris orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719)., pp: 141-146.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 3 Edward George Mathews, "The Vita Tradition of Ephrem the Syrian, the Deacon of Edessa." Diakonia vol. 22 (1988-1989)., pp: 15-42.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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    Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Ephrem (Testament) (text) — ܐܦܪܝܡ ” in Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, last modified November 5, 2015, http://syriaca.org/work/1387.

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    Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Ephrem (Testament) (text) — ܐܦܪܝܡ .” In Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2015. Entry published November 5, 2015. http://syriaca.org/work/1387.

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