An Unnoticed Regimental <i>Diaconus</i> in the Correspondence of Theodoret of CyrrhusHistoria: Zeitschrift für Alte GeschichteSyriaca.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/QHKCFQQ9/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.PhilipRanceAn Unnoticed Regimental <i>Diaconus</i> in the Correspondence of Theodoret of Cyrrhushttp://syriaca.org/cbss/QHKCFQQ9https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/QHKCFQQ9https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/QHKCFQQ9Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte63:12014117-128This short article examines the textual transmission of a letter written by Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, in 432/3, in which he remarks that a member of the equites tertii stablesiani had previously delivered his correspondence to an episcopal colleague. Successive modern editors, puzzled by the term diaconum in the unique manuscript, proposed the emendations decanum or decurionem. The latter conjecture is found, unacknowledged, in the most recent edition of Theodoret's letters. Textual, historical and linguistic criteria corroborate the received reading and reveal that, as a result of these editorial interventions, an early reference to a deacon serving as a regimental chaplain has been overlooked. Correctly identified and contextualised, Theodoret's courier can take his place in future discussions of clergy within the late Roman army.
Rance, Philip. “An Unnoticed Regimental Diaconus in the Correspondence of Theodoret of Cyrrhus.” Historia: Zeitschrift Für Alte Geschichte 63:1 (2014): 117–28.
Philip Rance, An Unnoticed Regimental Diaconus in the Correspondence of Theodoret of Cyrrhus,” Historia: Zeitschrift Für Alte Geschichte 63:1 (2014): 117–28.Byzantine SyriaByzantine empireIV-VII CETheodoret of CyrusV CEarmyclergydeaconsletters