‘The Planks of the Ark’: Isho‘dad of Merv, John Malalas and the Syriac Chronicle Tradition

‘The Planks of the Ark’: Isho‘dad of Merv, John Malalas and the Syriac Chronicle TraditionByzantinische ZeitschriftSyriaca.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/P6HVQTQV/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AndyHilkens‘The Planks of the Ark’: Isho‘dad of Merv, John Malalas and the Syriac Chronicle Traditionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/P6HVQTQVhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/P6HVQTQVhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/P6HVQTQVByzantinische Zeitschrift112:32019861-876In the middle of the ninth century, Isho‘dad of Merv, the East Syrian bishop of Haditha wrote extensive commentaries on all of the books of the Old and the New Testament, using a variety of sources, not only exegetical ones. This article offers the first (partial) reconstruction of Isho‘dad’s Syriac chronographic source, on the basis of a comparison of material in his commentaries on the Old Testament with two Syrian Orthodox chronicles (Michael the Syrian and the Anonymous Chronicle of 1234) and one Arabic Melkite chronicle (Agapius of Mabbug). It will be argued that this Syriac chronicle was written between the middle of the sixth century and the middle of the ninth century and was influenced by a variety of sources, most notably the Syriac Chronicle of Andronicus and the Chronicle Epitome of John Malalas. Hilkens, Andy. “‘The Planks of the Ark’: Isho‘dad of Merv, John Malalas and the Syriac Chronicle Tradition.” Byzantinische Zeitschrift 112:3 (2019): 861–76. Andy Hilkens, ‘The Planks of the Ark’: Isho‘dad of Merv, John Malalas and the Syriac Chronicle Tradition, Byzantinische Zeitschrift 112:3 (2019): 861–76.AndronicusIX CEIshodad of MervJohn MalalasMichael the SyrianNestoriansNoahVII-XVIII CEarkhistoriography