The First Book of Maccabees in Syriac: Dating and Context

The First Book of Maccabees in Syriac: Dating and ContextAramaic 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/WTVX7C7Z/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Philip MichaelFornessThe First Book of Maccabees in Syriac: Dating and Contexthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/WTVX7C7Zhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/WTVX7C7Zhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/WTVX7C7ZAramaic Studies17:1202099-123Syriac literature exhibits interest in narratives associated with the Maccabees by the fourth century. Seventh-century manuscripts preserve two different Syriac translations of 1 Maccabees. The translation of this book into Syriac is not part of the Peshitta Old Testament translated from the Hebrew Bible in the second century CE. Its dating and the possible context for its production have not yet been the topic of scholarly investigation. This article examines quotations of and allusions to 1 Maccabees in Aphrahat, Ephrem, and the Martyrdom of Simeon bar Ṣabbāʿē. The last of these texts, likely produced in the early fifth century, offers the earliest evidence for a Syriac translation of 1 Maccabees. The production of a Syriac translation of 1 Maccabees in the fourth or perhaps early fifth century reflects efforts of Christian communities around this time to appropriate the Maccabean narrative for their own interests. Forness, Philip Michael. “The First Book of Maccabees in Syriac: Dating and Context.” Aramaic Studies 17:1 (2020): 99–123. Philip Michael Forness, The First Book of Maccabees in Syriac: Dating and Context, Aramaic Studies 17:1 (2020): 99–123.1 MaccabeesIV CEIV-VII CEMaccabeesOT apocryphaOld Testamenttranslations from Greektranslations into Syriac