John of Tella (text) - ܝܘܚܢܢ

Titles

• ܝܘܚܢܢ1
• Yōḥanān1
• Jean de Tella (texte)1
• John of Tella (text)1
• Life of Yuḥanon of Tella (text)3

Creators

• Elijah the Monk — ܐܠܝܐ 1 [author]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/558
• BHS: 338
• BHO: 524

Prologue

"Aux frères spirituels et très amis du Christ, Mâr Serge et Mâr Paul, hommes libres dans la vérité, Élie votre adorateur dans notre Seigneur, paix."1 "ܠܐܚ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܢܐ ܘܪ̈ܚܡܝ ܒܟܠܡܕܡ ܠܡܫܝܚܐ: ܡܪܝ ܣܪܓܝܣ ܘܡܪܝ ܦܘܠܐ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܚܐܪ̈ܐ ܒܫܪܪܐ̣. ܐܠܝܐ ܣܓܘܕܟܘܢ ܒܡܪܢ ܫܠܡ܀"1

Incipit

"ܡܫܪܐ ܐܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܐܡܪ ܠܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܡܦܣܝܢ̣. ܕܐܦ ܡܢ ܐܝܕܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܗܘ ܗܢܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܝܘܚܢܢ. ܕܒܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܐܫܬܘܝ ܠܡܗܘܐ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܒܬܠܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܘܐܝܕܐ ܥܠܬܐ ܩܪܬܗ ܘܗܘܐ ܕܝܪܝܐ."1 "Je commence par dire à ceux qui ne savent pas de quelle ville était ce saint Jean qui par la grâce de Dieu fut jugé digne de devenir évêque dans la ville de Tellâ, et quelle raison l’appela à devenir moine."1

Explicit

"ܬܡܢ ܓܝܪ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܐܬܪܐ ܕܐܫܬܘܕܝ ܠܗܘܢ ܗܘ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܒܣܒܪܬܗ. ܕܐܝܟܐ ܕܐܢܐ ܐܝܬܝ. ܬܡܢ ܢܗܘܐ ܐܦ ܡܫܡܫܢܝ. ܕܠܗ... ܥܠܡܝܢ."1 "Car là est la région que le Christ leur a promise dans son Évangile: «Là où je suis, là sera aussi mon serviteur». À lui… des siècles."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.

• Ernest Walter Brooks, Vitae Virorum apud Monophysitas Celeberrimorum. Pars Prima, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.25 [7-8] (Paris: Typographeo Reipublicae, 1907), p: Paris-Leipzig, 1907, p. 31-95. 1
  • Note: Based on mss Londres, British Library, Add. 12174, f. 152-165v + Add. 14622, f. 1-27v + ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, syr 26 (Sachau 321), f. 147v-166
• Hendrik Gerrit Kleyn, Het Leven van Johannes van Tella Door Elias. Syrische Tekst En Nederlandsche Vertaling (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1882), p: Leiden, 1882, p. 3-83. 1
  • Note: Based on ms Damas, Patriarcat syrien orthodoxe, cod. 12/18 (olim ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. 19), f. 48v-57

Manuscripts

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

• mss Londres, British Library, Add. 12174, f. 152-165v + Add. 14622, f. 1-27v + ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, syr 26 (Sachau 321), f. 147v-1661
• ms Damas, Patriarcat syrien orthodoxe, cod. 12/18 (olim ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. 19), f. 48v-571

Modern Translations

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• Latin: Ernest Walter Brooks, Vitae Virorum apud Monophysitas Celeberrimorum. Pars Prima, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.25 [7-8] (Paris: Typographeo Reipublicae, 1907), p: 15-19. 1
• Dutch: Hendrik Gerrit Kleyn, Het Leven van Johannes van Tella Door Elias. Syrische Tekst En Nederlandsche Vertaling (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1882), p: xix-lxxxviii. 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: 338.
• Andrew Palmer, Saints’ Lives with a Difference: Elijah on John of Tella (d. 538) and Joseph on Theodotos of Amida (d. 698), in IV Symposium Syriacum, 1984: Literary Genres in Syriac Literature (Groningen – Oosterhesselen 10-12 September), ed. Han J. W. Drijvers et al., Orientalia Christiana Analecta 229 (Roma: Pontificium Institutum Studiorum Orientalium, 1987), 203–16, p: 203-216.
• L. Van Rompay, Eliya (Mid-6th Cent), in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 142.