Demons Gone Wild: An Introduction, and Translation of the Syriac <i>Qenneshre Fragment</i>Orientalia Christiana PeriodicaSyriaca.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/SPSCSFZ9/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Michael PhilipPennDemons Gone Wild: An Introduction, and Translation of the Syriac <i>Qenneshre Fragment</i>http://syriaca.org/cbss/SPSCSFZ9https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/SPSCSFZ9https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/SPSCSFZ9Orientalia Christiana Periodica79:22013367-399The Syriac Qenneshre Fragment preserves a set of colorful tales concerning how the Miaphysite monks of Qenneshre reacted to their monastery's infestation by demons. The convoluted and occasionally humorous accounts found in this possibly eighth-century text include extended polemics against Judaism, early Islam, and competing branches of Christianity. A new edition and first English translation of the text attempts to make this work more accessible and emphasizes the importance of hagiographic material for our understanding of ancient Syriac Christianity.
Penn, Michael Philip. “Demons Gone Wild: An Introduction, and Translation of the Syriac Qenneshre Fragment.” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 79:2 (2013): 367–99.
Michael Philip Penn, Demons Gone Wild: An Introduction, and Translation of the Syriac Qenneshre Fragment,” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 79:2 (2013): 367–99.JacobitesVII-XVIII CEVIII CEdemonologyexorcismmagicmonastery of Qenneshremonasticismpolemicprimary sources [Syriac] + English translation