Apocalypse of Methodius (text) - [ Syriac Not Available ]

Titles

• Apocalypse de Méthode (texte)1
• Apocalypse of Methodius (text)1

Creators

• Methodius of Olympus1 [author; pseudo]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/1779
• BHS: 1716
• CPG: 1830

Incipit

"ܢܘܕܥ ܗܟܝܠ ܒܪܝܫ ܡܠܬܢ ܠܝܕܘ̈ܥܐ ܕܦܘܪܫܢܐ: ܟܕ ܢܦܩ ܐܕܡ ܘܚܘܐ ܡܢ ܦܪܕܝܣܐ ܒܬܘ̈ܠܐ ܗܘܘ ܬܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ."1 "Faisons donc savoir au début de notre propos aux connaisseurs du discernement: quand Adam et Ève sortirent du Paradis, tous deux étaient vierges."1

Explicit

"ܘܠܢ ܕܝܢ ܢܫܘܐ ܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܠܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܫܡܝܢܝܬܐ ܥܡ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܥܒ̈ܕܝ ܨܒܝܢܗ. ܘܢܣܩ ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܘܐܝܩܪܐ ܘܣܓܕܬܐ ܘܪܘܡܪܡܐܿ. ܗܫܐ ܘܒܟܠܙܒܢ ܠܥܠܡܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ."1 "Quant à nous, que notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ nous juge dignes de son Royaume céleste avec tous ceux qui auront fait sa volonté, et puissions-nous faire monter la louange, l’honneur, l’adoration et l’exaltation, maintenant, en tout temps et pour les siècles des siècles. Amen."1

Editions

This is not a comprehensive list of editions related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• G. J Reinink, ed., Die Syrische Apokalypse Des Pseudo-Methodius [Text], vol. 1, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 540 (Lovanii: E. Peeters, 1993), p: Louvain, 1993, p. 1-48. 1
  • Note: Based on ms Vatican, Syr. 58, f. 118v-136v + ms New Haven, Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Syr. 10, f. 225-236 + mss Mardin, Évêché syrien orthodoxe, cod. 368, cah. 20, f. 4 - cah. 22, f. 7v (mutilé du début) + cod. 891 + cod. A, f. 180-183v
• Harald Suermann, Die Geschichtstheologische Reaktion Auf Die Einfallenden Muslime in Der Edessenischen Apokalyptik Des 7. Jahrhunderts, Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe XXIII, Theologie 256 (Frankfurt am Main / New York: Peter Lang, 1985), p: Francfort-Berne-New York, 1985, p. 34-85. 1
  • Note: Based on Vatican Syr. 58
• Francisco Javier Martinez, Eastern Christian Apocalyptic in the Early Muslim Period: Pseudo-Methodius and Pseudo-Athanasius (Ph.D. dissertation, The Catholic University of America, 1985), p: Washington (Diss. CUA), 1985, p. 58-92. 1
  • Note: Based on Vatican Syr. 58

Manuscripts

This is not a comprehensive list of manuscripts related to this work.

• ms Vatican, Syr. 58, f. 118v-136v + ms New Haven, Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Syr. 10, f. 225-236 + mss Mardin, Évêché syrien orthodoxe, cod. 368, cah. 20, f. 4 - cah. 22, f. 7v (mutilé du début) + cod. 891 + cod. A, f. 180-183v1
• Vatican Syr. 58 , f. 118v-136v1
• Vatican Syr. 58 , f. 118v-136v1

Modern Translations

This is not a comprehensive list of modern translations related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• German: G. J Reinink, ed., Die Syrische Apokalypse Des Pseudo-Methodius [Translation], vol. 2, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 541 (Lovanii: E. Peeters, 1993), p: 1-78. 1
• English: Paul Julius Alexander, The Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition (Berkeley / Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985), p: 36. 1

Secondary Literature

This is not a comprehensive list of secondary literature related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.

• Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 1716.
• Harald Suermann, Die Geschichtstheologische Reaktion Auf Die Einfallenden Muslime in Der Edessenischen Apokalyptik Des 7. Jahrhunderts, Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe XXIII, Theologie 256 (Frankfurt am Main / New York: Peter Lang, 1985), p: 129-161.