The Apocryphal Narrative on the Healing of the Paralytic (John 5:1-15) in the Book of Lamentations by St. Grigor Narekats‘i

The Apocryphal Narrative on the Healing of the Paralytic (John 5:1-15) in the Book of Lamentations by St. Grigor Narekats‘iBanber MatenadaraniSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/5WNITWS8/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ShaheAnanyanThe Apocryphal Narrative on the Healing of the Paralytic (John 5:1-15) in the Book of Lamentations by St. Grigor Narekats‘ihttp://syriaca.org/cbss/5WNITWS8https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/5WNITWS8https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/5WNITWS8Banber Matenadarani28201956-64The author supposes that in Chapters 14 and 68 of the Book of Lamentations, St. Grigor Narekatsʻi has used the apocryphon on the healing of the paralytic (John 5:1-15) narrated by St. Ephrem the Syrian in his Prayerbook. Starting from the 18th century, some commentators on the Book of Lamentations referred to works by St. Ephrem the Syrian, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Athanasius of Alexandria as possible sources of Narekats‘i. However, in none of those works was this apocryphal narrative used for commenting on John 5:1-15. The only evidence of such use is attested in the commentary on this Gospel by Theodore of Mopsuestia, which could not have been known to Narekats‘i. Therefore, the author assumes that another writing could have served as a source for the apocryphal story in the Book of Lamentations, namely, Chapter 13 of the Prayerbook by St. Ephrem the Syrian surviving only in Armenian version. Together with other commentaries and works by St. Ephrem the Syrian, the Prayerbook was well known in the monasteries of Armenia in the 9th-10th cc. It is then not accidental that Chapter 13 of the Prayerbook was utilized in the Book of Lamentations as a special tool for the theological interpretation of John 5:1-15. Ananyan, Shahe. “The Apocryphal Narrative on the Healing of the Paralytic (John 5:1-15) in the Book of Lamentations by St. Grigor Narekats‘i.” Banber Matenadarani 28 (2019): 56–64. Shahe Ananyan, The Apocryphal Narrative on the Healing of the Paralytic (John 5:1-15) in the Book of Lamentations by St. Grigor Narekats‘i,” Banber Matenadarani 28 (2019): 56–64.EphremEphremiana [Armenian]Gospel of JohnJn 5NT apocryphaSyriac influence [Armenia]VII-XVIII CEX CE