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Titles

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

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Incipit (Opening Line)

“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 (Closing Line)

“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

G. J Reinink (ed.), Die Syrische Apokalypse des Pseudo-Methodius [Text] vol. 1 , Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 540 (Lovanii: E. Peeters, 1993), : Louvain, 1993, p. 1-48.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record (Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
Harald Suermann, Die geschichtstheologische Reaktion auf die einfallenden Muslime in der edessenischen Apokalyptik des 7. Jahrhunderts (Frankfurt am Main; New York: P. Lang, 1985)., : Francfort-Berne-New York, 1985, p. 34-85.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record (Edition from manuscript witness 2. See below.)
Francisco Javier Martinez, Pseudo-Methodius and Pseudo-Athanasius, Eastern Christian apocalyptic in the early Muslim period: Pseudo-Methodius and Pseudo-Athanasius (1985)., : Washington (Diss. CUA), 1985, p. 58-92.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record (Edition from manuscript witness 3. See below.)

Modern Translations

  • German: G. J Reinink (ed.), Die Syrische Apokalypse des Pseudo-Methodius [Translation] vol. 2 , Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 541 (Lovanii: E. Peeters, 1993), pp: 1-78, Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record 1
  • English: Paul J Alexander and Dorothy deF Abrahamse, The Byzantine apocalyptic tradition (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1985)., pp: 36, Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record 1

    • Syriac Manuscript Witnesses

    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 1
    ms Vatican, Syr. 58, f. 118v-136v 1
    ms Vatican, Syr. 58, f. 118v-136v 1
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    • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1716.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
    • 2 H. Suermann, Die geschichtstheologische Reaktion auf die einfallenden Muslime in der edessenischen Apokalyptik des 7. Jahrhunderts (Francfort, 1985)., pp: 129-161.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

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    Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Apocalypse of Methodius (text)” in Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, last modified November 5, 2015, http://syriaca.org/work/1779.

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    Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Apocalypse of Methodius (text).” 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/1779.

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