The Dispute between the Cherub and the ThiefHugoye: Journal of Syriac StudiesSyriaca.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/SN8BEGUP/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Sebastian P.BrockThe Dispute between the Cherub and the Thiefhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/SN8BEGUPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/SN8BEGUPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/SN8BEGUPHugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies5:22002169-193The lively verse dialogue between the Repentant Thief (Luke 23:43) and the Cherub guarding the entrance to Paradise (Genesis 3:24) is an excellent representative of the ancient literary genre of dispute literature that has remained popular in the Middle East in various languages for nearly four millennia. The aim of the present article is to make the poem available in translation to an English-speaking audience. The introduction gives an outline of the poem's wider context, and ends with some suggestions about how it might be revived for use today.
Brock, Sebastian P. βThe Dispute between the Cherub and the Thief.β Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 5:2 (2002): 169β93.
Sebastian P. Brock, The Dispute between the Cherub and the Thief,Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 5:2 (2002): 169β93.Gospel of LukeJacobitesNestoriansNew TestamentParadiseVII-XVIII CEdialogue poemsexegesisgood thiefhymnographypoetryprimary sources [Syriac] + English translation