Syro-Uigurica III: Enochic Material in a Christian Text from Turfan

Syro-Uigurica III: Enochic Material in a Christian Text from TurfanActa Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum HungaricaeSyriaca.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/Q8S4F33Q/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MarkDickensSyro-Uigurica III: Enochic Material in a Christian Text from Turfanhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/Q8S4F33Qhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/Q8S4F33Qhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/Q8S4F33QActa Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae74:42021583-624This article examines a fragmentary Christian text from Turfan written in Uyghur which contains an embedded Syriac magical text intended to be used for corralling a horse. After giving a transcription and translation of the Syriac passage and setting it in its literary context, including the role of amulets and other magical texts in the history of Syriac Christianity, the article discusses the angelic name Saraqael found in the Syriac extract, in an effort to trace the origins of the text. Excurses are given on the book of I Enoch and the Book of Giants, the first because the angelic name is found in it, the second because of its connections with the Aramaic and Central Asian cultural zones. The article then examines another text where the angelic name occurs, the <i>Pishra de-Rabbi Ḥanina ben Dosa</i>, before discussing possible links to other Syriac amulets and incantation bowls. Dickens, Mark. “Syro-Uigurica III: Enochic Material in a Christian Text from Turfan.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 74:4 (2021): 583–624. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2021.00191. Mark Dickens, Syro-Uigurica III: Enochic Material in a Christian Text from Turfan, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 74:4 (2021): 583–624, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2021.00191.1 EnochBook of GiantsNestoriansOT apocryphaSyriac influence [Central Asia]TurfanUighursVII-XVIII CEangelologymagic