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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.LauraLocke EstesThe Apocalypse of Pseudo-Ezra: Syriac Edition, English Translation, and Introductionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/HTMMMNIPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/HTMMMNIPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/HTMMMNIP2016The text that this thesis examines
is most commonly referred to by modern scholars as the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Ezra
(Ps.-Ezra). It is a historical apocalyptic text that claims authorship by the
biblical character Ezra, but there is no question that it is the pseudonymous
product of a much later Syriac-speaking Christian author who writes in response
to the Arab conquests and subsequent consolidation of Arab political and
religious dominance under the caliphate. Ps.-Ezra is a brief work, but an
enigmatic one, and has received only scant scholarly attention. Although
nineteenth- century translations based on three individual manuscripts were made
into German, French, and English respectively, no critical edition or full-scale
study based on multiple manuscripts has yet appeared.
The primary goal of
this project, then, is to produce an edition of the Syriac Ps.-Ezra with a
critical apparatus noting variants in the manuscript tradition. The edition is
accompanied by an English translation in order to make Ps.-Ezra accessible to a
wider range of scholars and students. To orient readers to the text, an
introduction to and analysis of Ps.-Ezra is provided. In my approach, I am most
interested in studying Ps.-Ezra as an example of the ways that Syriac-speaking
Christians used the genre of apocalypse to reconcile their deeply held
theological and historical expectations with their often different lived
realities. In particular, the thesis highlights the ways Pseudo-Ezra used,
reused, and reimagined sacred texts in order to respond to the theological
challenges presented by Arab rule.
Locke Estes, Laura. “The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Ezra: Syriac Edition, English Translation, and Introduction.” M.A. thesis, Abilene Christian University, 2016.
Laura Locke Estes, The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Ezra: Syriac Edition, English Translation, and Introduction (M.A. thesis, Abilene Christian University, 2016).Apocalypse of EzraMuslim-Christian
relationsOT apocryphaVII-XVIII CEapocalypticismeschatologyprimary sources [Syriac] +
English translation