Position of Arabic in the Literatures of the Christian Orient: The Case of the Life of Saint Macarius the Egyptian

Position of Arabic in the Literatures of the Christian Orient: The Case of the Life of Saint Macarius the EgyptianOrient: The Reports of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in JapanSyriaca.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/87TFHJG9/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.SatoshiTodaPosition of Arabic in the Literatures of the Christian Orient: The Case of the Life of Saint Macarius the Egyptianhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/87TFHJG9https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/87TFHJG9https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/87TFHJG9Orient: The Reports of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan432008151-165The so-called Christian Orient can be characterized both by its unity which is manifest from the existence of its lingua franca (Greek in antiquity, and Arabic from the Middle Ages down to the present), and by its multiple cultural interactions which can be best seen in the way various literary works were transmitted from one language into another. From both points of view, the case of the Life of Macarius, which is preserved in various languages of the Christian Orient, deserves special attention, especially because its Greek version seems to derive from its Arabic version, as the present article shows. Toda, Satoshi. “Position of Arabic in the Literatures of the Christian Orient: The Case of the Life of Saint Macarius the Egyptian.” Orient: The Reports of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 43 (2008): 151–65. https://doi.org/10.5356/orient.43.151. Satoshi Toda, Position of Arabic in the Literatures of the Christian Orient: The Case of the Life of Saint Macarius the Egyptian, Orient: The Reports of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 43 (2008): 151–65, https://doi.org/10.5356/orient.43.151.