Studies in the Syriac Versions of St. John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the New Testament, with Special Reference to Homilies 6, 20, 22, 23, 37, 62, 83 and 84 on John

Studies in the Syriac Versions of St. John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the New Testament, with Special Reference to Homilies 6, 20, 22, 23, 37, 62, 83 and 84 on JohnSyriaca.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/IXS7FTR8/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Jeff W.ChildersStudies in the Syriac Versions of St. John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the New Testament, with Special Reference to Homilies 6, 20, 22, 23, 37, 62, 83 and 84 on Johnhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/IXS7FTR8https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/IXS7FTR8https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/IXS7FTR81996Systematic study of the Syriac version of C’s homilies on the New Testament – Matthew, John and epistles of Paul; focuses mainly on 6th and 7th century British Library mss, which preserve translation from the 5th and 6th centuries; analysis of translation methods allows placement of version within framework of development of Syriac translation technique and highlighting of methodological issues that arise when relating Syriac versions to their Greek source texts; anlaysis shows that the homilies on the epistles translated last and most literal; those on Matthew and John translated earlier, relatively less literal and most likely to have Peshitta or even on occason Old Syriac bible texts rather than translation from the Greek. Several homilies on John edited and translated allowing a critique of Boismard’s interpretation and use of the Syriac version, which seen to be unsatisfactory in several ways. Childers, Jeff W. “Studies in the Syriac Versions of St. John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the New Testament, with Special Reference to Homilies 6, 20, 22, 23, 37, 62, 83 and 84 on John.” D.Phil. dissertation, University of Oxford, 1996. Jeff W. Childers, Studies in the Syriac Versions of St. John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the New Testament, with Special Reference to Homilies 6, 20, 22, 23, 37, 62, 83 and 84 on John (D.Phil. dissertation, University of Oxford, 1996).