The Other <i>Life </i>of Maximus the Confessor: A Reevaluation of the Syriac and Greek <i>Lives </i>and the Case for His Alexandrian OriginJournal of Late AntiquitySyriaca.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/LZYY67QJ/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Luis JosuéSalésThe Other <i>Life </i>of Maximus the Confessor: A Reevaluation of the Syriac and Greek <i>Lives </i>and the Case for His Alexandrian Originhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/LZYY67QJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/LZYY67QJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/LZYY67QJJournal of Late Antiquity13:22020407-439The Syriac Life of Maximus the Confessor has gained credibility in recent years at the expense of the Greek Life, leading scholars to prefer the Palestinian origin narrative of the Syriac Life over the Constantinopolitan origin narrative of the Greek Life. However, the Syriac Life has not yet been subject to a suitable examination that interrogates its representational strategies. This article examines the credibility of the Syriac Life through a literary and linguistic examination of the Syriac text, draws attention to the pitfalls of the enduring arguments in favor of the Greek Life, and concludes that these two origin narratives represent a false dichotomy. Instead, this study offers a radical reinterpretation of extant circumstantial evidence in the interest of promoting Maximus's African, perhaps Alexandrian, origins.
Salés, Luis Josué. “The Other Life of Maximus the Confessor: A Reevaluation of the Syriac and Greek Lives and the Case for His Alexandrian Origin.” Journal of Late Antiquity 13:2 (2020): 407–39.
Luis Josué Salés, The Other Life of Maximus the Confessor: A Reevaluation of the Syriac and Greek Lives and the Case for His Alexandrian Origin,” Journal of Late Antiquity 13:2 (2020): 407–39.IV-VII CEMaximus the ConfessorVII CEhagiography