An Early Dormition Narrative in Karshuni: An Edition and Translation of the “Six Books” Apocryphon from the Karshuni Codex 199 of St Mark’s in Jerusalem (Apograph of Damascus Patr. 12/17 & 12/18)ApocryphaSyriaca.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/RBKY2IM8/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Stephen J.ShoemakerJohn C.LamoreauxJean-DanielKaestliAn Early Dormition Narrative in Karshuni: An Edition and Translation of the “Six Books” Apocryphon from the Karshuni Codex 199 of St Mark’s in Jerusalem (Apograph of Damascus Patr. 12/17 & 12/18)http://syriaca.org/cbss/RBKY2IM8https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/RBKY2IM8https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/RBKY2IM8Apocrypha33202213-90This article presents the first complete critical edition of a short form of the <i>Six Books Apocryphon</i> of the Virgin’s Dormition. A Syriac fragment of this version was known since 1865 (CANT 121) and widely considered as the earliest form of the <i>Six Books Apocryphon</i> and as dependent on the Greek Pseudo-John’s Dormition. The Arabic Karshuni text published here makes this version known in its full extent. It is a translation made in the 18th century from a Syriac manuscript belonging to the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus and it turns out to be a faithful translation of its model. In addition to an edition of the Karshuni text and an English translation, the article also includes an introductory study that seeks to locate this particular version within the literary history of the <i>Six Books Apocryphon</i> and tends to conclude that it is a résumé of some earlier form of the narrative. A concluding appendix confirms this conclusion by comparing in detail the Karshuni version with the other early versions extant in Syriac manuscripts of the late fifth and sixth centuries; it shows that the Damascus version is best understood as an abbreviation and rewriting of a text which was very close to the long version found in the Cambridge palimpsest edited by Agnes Smith Lewis (CANT 124).
Shoemaker, Stephen J., John C. Lamoreaux, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. “An Early Dormition Narrative in Karshuni: An Edition and Translation of the ‘Six Books’ Apocryphon from the Karshuni Codex 199 of St Mark’s in Jerusalem (Apograph of Damascus Patr. 12/17 & 12/18).” Apocrypha 33 (2022): 13–90. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.134681.
Stephen J. Shoemaker, John C. Lamoreaux, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli, An Early Dormition Narrative in Karshuni: An Edition and Translation of the ‘Six Books’ Apocryphon from the Karshuni Codex 199 of St Mark’s in Jerusalem (Apograph of Damascus Patr. 12/17 & 12/18),Apocrypha 33 (2022): 13–90, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1484/J.APOCRA.5.134681.