Ephrem (Testament) (text) - ܐܦܪܝܡ
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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܐܢܐ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܡܐܬ ܐܢܐ. ܘܕܝܬܝܩܐ ܟܿܬܒ ܐܢܐ. ܕܐܪܦܐ ܠܟܠܢܫ ܕܘܟܪܢܐ. ܡܢ ܗܢܐ ܡܕܡ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܝ.”
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“Moi, Éphrem, je meurs et j’écris un testament pour transmettre à tous mémoire de ce que j’ai.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܠܐ ܬܥܢܕ ܪܝܫܢܘܬ: ܡܢܟܝ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܥܠܡܐ: ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܐܠܗܐ: ܘܫܪܐ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܘܠܫܡܝܐ.”
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“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.”
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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.
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
Julian Joseph Overbeck (ed.), S. Ephraemi Syri, Rabulae episcopi Edesseni, Balaei aliorumque Opera selecta e
codicibus syriacis manuscriptis in museo Britannico et bibliotheca Bodleiana asservatis
primus (Oxonii [Oxford]: Clarendoniano, 1865)., : Oxford, 1865, p. 137-156.
(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.
(Edition from manuscript witness 3. See below.)
Rubens Duval (ed.), Le Testament de Saint Éphrem (Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2006)., : 9e sér. 18 (1901), p. 243-283.
(Edition from manuscript witness 4. See below.)
Edmund Beck (ed.), Des Heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Sermones, IV [Text] vol. 1 , Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 334 (Louvain: Secrétariat du Corpus SCO, 1973), vol: 4, : Louvain, 1973, p. 43-69 + variantes p. x-xi.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 10. See below.)
Modern Translations
Ancient Versions
Arabic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Armenian:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Georgian:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Rome, Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + variantes de Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v
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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
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ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms de Mossoul
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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
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ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, or. quart. 940 (Assfalg 17), f. 177v-187v
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ms Mossoul, Église chaldéenne Sainte-Meskinta, = olim Mossoul, Patriarcat chaldéen, cod. 90
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ms Dar‘un-Harissa, Dayr al-Sharfeh, Résidenc patriarcale syrienne catholique, Fonds Rahmani, cod. 218
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ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 69 (Dolabany)
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ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 72 (Dolabany)
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 5 are undetermined.
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Status: draft
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1255.
- 2 J.S. Assemani, De scriptoribus Syris orthodoxis, Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticana vol. 1 (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), pp: 141-146.
- 3 E.G. Mathews, "The Vita Tradition of Ephrem the Syrian, the Deacon of Edessa." in Diakonia vol. 22 (1988/89)., pp: 15-42.
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