The Imprisoned Martyrs of Beth Zabdai (text) - ܒܢܝ̈ ܫܒܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܙܒܕܝ

Titles

• ܒܢܝ̈ ܫܒܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܙܒܕܝ1
• Bnay šeḇyā d-Bēṯ Zabday1
• Martyrs captifs de Bet-Zabday (texte)1
• The Imprisoned Martyrs of Beth Zabdai (text)1

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/282
• BHS: 61
• BHO: 375

Incipit

"ܒܫܢܬ ܚܡܫܝܢ ܘܬܠܬ ܕܫܒܘܪ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܦܪ̈ܣܝܐ: ܣܠܩ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܥܠ ܬܚܘ̈ܡܐ ܘܚܣ̈ܢܐ ܕܪ̈ܗܘܡܝܐ."1 "En l’an cinquante-trois de Shabour roi de Perse, il était monté contre les frontières et les fortreresses des Romains."1

Explicit

"ܘܫܩܠ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܓܪ̈ܡܐ ܗܢܿܘܢ ܡܢ ܡܥܪܬܐ ܗܝܿ: ܘܣܡ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܗ ܒܒܝܬܐ ܕܒܢܐ. ܘܗܐ ܡܬܥܒܕ ܬܡܢ ܟܢܫܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܝܘܡܢܐ."1 "Et il prit ces ossements de cette grotte, et il les plaça dans une maison qu’il avait construite. Et voilà qu’une communauté a été établie là jusqu’aujourd’jui."1

Editions

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• Paulus Bedjan, Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, 7 vols. (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890), vol: 2p: p. 316-324. 1
  • Note: Based on Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek or. oct. 1256
• Stefanus Evodius Assemani, Acta Sanctorum Martyrum Orientalium et Occidentalium in Duas Partes Distributa, Adcedunt Acta S. Simeonis Stylitae, 2 vols. (Roma: Typis Josephi Collini, 1748), vol: 1p: p. 134-139. 1
  • Note: Based on ms Vatican ?

Manuscripts

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• Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek or. oct. 1256 Assfalg 26 nunc Mardin, Évêché chaldéen, circa 1969olim Abbeloos, dein Bedjan, p. 484-4951
  • Note: copié sur ms Diyarbakir, Archevêché chaldéen, cod. 961
• ms Vatican ?1
• Vatican Syr. 161 , f. 71v-72v1
  • Note: (mutilé de la fin)1

Modern Translations

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• Latin: Stefanus Evodius Assemani, Acta Sanctorum Martyrum Orientalium et Occidentalium in Duas Partes Distributa, Adcedunt Acta S. Simeonis Stylitae, 2 vols. (Roma: Typis Josephi Collini, 1748), vol: 1p: p. 134-139. 1
• German: Oscar Braun, Ausgewählte Akten Persischer Märtyrer, Bibliothek Der Kirchenväter 22 (Kempten / München: Jos. Kösel, 1915), p: 110-115. 1

Ancient Versions

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• Armenian: Տեր֊ՊետրոսյանԼեվոն, Աբրահամ Խոստովանողի Վկայք արեւելիցը: (բնագրագիտական հետազոտություն) (Երևան: Հայկական ՍՇ ԳԱ Հրատարակչություն, 1976), http://haygirk.nla.am/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=122286. 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: 61.
• Paul Devos, Notes d’hagiographie Perse, Analecta Bollandiana 84 (1966): 229–48, p: 229-248.
• Paul Devos, Les Martyrs Persans à Travers Leurs Actes Syriaques, in Atti Del Convegno Sul Tema: La Persia e Il Mondo Greco-Romano (Roma 11–14 Aprile 1965), Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei 363, Problemi Attuali Di Scienza e Di Cultura 76 (Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1966), 213–25, p: 213-225.