Lives of the Eastern Saints - ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܫ̈ܥܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܕܘܒܪ̈ܐ ܕܛܘ̈ܒܢܐ ܡ̈ܕܢܚܝܐ

Titles

• Lives of the Eastern Saints10
• ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܫ̈ܥܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܕܘܒܪ̈ܐ ܕܛܘ̈ܒܢܐ ܡ̈ܕܢܚܝܐ5
• A book of histories concerning the ways of life of the blessed Easterns10

Creators

• John of Ephesus — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ 1 [author]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/9501
• URI: http://viaf.org/viaf/185543174
• BHO: 870

Prologue

"Quand nous comprenons la parole de notre vivificateur et sauveur Jésus dans l’annonce qu’il a faite à ses saints: “Que votre lumière brille devant les hommes afin qu’ils voient vos bonnes oeuvres et qu’ils glorifient votre Père dans les cieux…"1 "ܟܕ ܒܡܠܬܗ ܕܡܚܝܢܢ ܘܦܪܘܩܢ ܝܫܘܥ: ܕܒܣܒܪܬܗ ܠܘܬ ܩܕ̈ܝܫܘܗܝ ܡܣܬܟܠܝܢܢ ܕܐܡܪ: ܕܗܟܢܐ ܠܡ ܢܢܗܪ ܢܘܗܪܟܘܢ ܩܕܡ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܢܫܐ: ܕܢܚܙܘܢ ܥܒ̈ܕܝܟܘܢ ܛܒ̈ܐ: ܘܢܫܒܚܘܢ ܠܐܒܘܟܘܢ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ..."1 "When we considered the words of our Saviour and Redeemer Jesus in his preaching to his saints which he said, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good deeds, and glorify your Father who is in heaven…"5

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.

• E. W Brooks, trans., Lives of the Eastern Saints I, Patrologia Orientalis 17.1 (1923), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient17pariuoft#page/n7/mode/2up. 1
  • Note: Based on London, British Library Add. 14,647
• E. W Brooks, trans., Lives of the Eastern Saints II, Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up. 1
  • Note: Based on London, British Library Add. 14,647
• E. W Brooks, trans., Lives of the Eastern Saints III, Patrologia Orientalis 29.2 (1925), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient19pariuoft#page/n163/mode/2up. 1
  • Note: Based on London, British Library Add. 14,647
• Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land, Anecdota Syriaca II: Joannis Episcopi Ephesi Monophysitae Scripta Historica Quotquot Adhuc Inedita Supererant Syriace Edidit (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1868). 1

Manuscripts

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• London, British Library Add. 14,647 1, 5
• Leiden, Rijksuniversiteit or. 2354 cod. 1638 1

Modern Translations

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• Latin: W. J. van Douwen and Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land, Joannis Episcopi Ephesi Commentarii de Beatis Orientalibus; et, Historiae Ecclesiasticae Fragmenta, Verhandelingen Der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Letterkunde 18.2 (Amsterdam: Iohannem Müllerum, 1889). 1
• English: E. W Brooks, trans., Lives of the Eastern Saints I, Patrologia Orientalis 17.1 (1923), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient17pariuoft#page/n7/mode/2up. 1
  • Note: Based on Lives of the Eastern Saints I [http://syriaca.org/cbss/2IBLUVC7]
• English: E. W Brooks, trans., Lives of the Eastern Saints II, Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up. 1
  • Note: Based on Lives of the Eastern Saints II [http://syriaca.org/cbss/U78B4C66]
• English: E. W Brooks, trans., Lives of the Eastern Saints III, Patrologia Orientalis 29.2 (1925), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient19pariuoft#page/n163/mode/2up. 1
  • Note: Based on Lives of the Eastern Saints III [http://syriaca.org/cbss/PHMZMM3R]

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: 582-642.
• A. P. D’âkonov and А. П. Дьяконов, Ioann Efesskij i Ego Cerkovno-Istoričeskie Trudy (Saint-Pétersbourg, 1908), p: 360-400.
• Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Asceticism and Society in Crisis: John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints, The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 18 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990).
• Peter Plank, Mimēsis Christu. Zur Interpretation Der 52. Heiligengeschichte Des Ioannes von Ephesos (507‒586), in Unser Ganzes Leben Christus Unserm Gott Überantworten: Studien Zur Ostkirchlichen Spiritualität, Fairy von Lilienfeld Zum 65. Geburtstag, ed. Peter Hauptmann, Kirche Im Osten: Monographienreihe 17 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1982), 167–82, p: 167-182.