The Syriac <i>Aḥiqar</i>, Its Slavonic Version, and the Relics of the Three Youths in BabylonSlověneSyriaca.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/I6SIRIKH/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.BasilLouriéThe Syriac <i>Aḥiqar</i>, Its Slavonic Version, and the Relics of the Three Youths in Babylonhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/I6SIRIKHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/I6SIRIKHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/I6SIRIKHSlověne2:2201364-117The author argues that the earliest recension of the Slavonic <i>Ahiqar</i> (<i>Povest’ ob Akire Premudrom</i>) was produced in Bulgaria as a direct translation from Syriac, whereas the original Christian (Syriac) recension was created in the Syriac-speaking anti-Chalcedonian milieu within the Sassanid Iranian Empire in the late fifth century; in this latter context, it originated as a hagiographic legend inaugurating a new cult directed against the pro-Chalcedonian Ctesiphon cult of the Three Youths in Babylon. This anti-Chalcedonian and anti-Byzantine work was never accepted in Byzantine culture.
Lourié, Basil. “The Syriac Aḥiqar, Its Slavonic Version, and the Relics of the Three Youths in Babylon.” Slověne 2:2 (2013): 64–117.
Basil Lourié, The Syriac Aḥiqar, Its Slavonic Version, and the Relics of the Three Youths in Babylon,” Slověne 2:2 (2013): 64–117.AhikarSyriac influence [Slavs]VII-XVIII CEhagiographytranslations from Syriactranslations into Slavonic