Ephrem (Testament) (text) - ܐܦܪܝܡ
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- BHS: 1255
- BHO: 271
- CPG: 3947
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"ܐܢܐ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܡܐܬ ܐܢܐ. ܘܕܝܬܝܩܐ ܟܿܬܒ ܐܢܐ. ܕܐܪܦܐ ܠܟܠܢܫ ܕܘܟܪܢܐ. ܡܢ ܗܢܐ ܡܕܡ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܝ."1 "Moi, Éphrem, je meurs et j’écris un testament pour transmettre à tous mémoire de ce que j’ai."1Explicit
"ܠܐ ܬܥܢܕ ܪܝܫܢܘܬ: ܡܢܟܝ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܥܠܡܐ: ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܐܠܗܐ: ܘܫܪܐ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܘܠܫܡܝܐ."1 "Que le pouvoir ne te quitte pas jusque dans l’éternité, jusqu’à ce que vienne le Christ et qu’il dissolve la terre et le ciel."1Editions
This is not a comprehensive list of editions related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.- Josephus Assemanus, Petrus Benedictus, and Stephanus Evodius Assemanus, eds., Sancti patris nostri Ephraem Syri Opera omnia quae exstant Graece, Syriace, Latine, in sex tomos distributa: ad mss. codices Vaticanos aliosque castigata, multis aucta, nova interpretatione ... lectionibus illustrata: nunc primum ... e Bibliotheca Vaticana prodeunt (Romae: Ex Typographia Vaticana apud Joannem Mariam Henricum Salvioni, 1732), https://archive.org/details/AssemaniEphremGreekAndLatin2
https://archive.org/details/AssemaniEphremGreekAndLatin3, p: Rome, 1743, p. 395-410 + 433-437. 1
- Note: Based on ms Rome, Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + variantes de Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v
- J. Josephus Overbeck, S. Ephraemi Syri, Rabulae Episcopi Edesseni, Balaei Aliorumque Opera Selecta e Codicibus Syriacis Manuscriptis in Museo Britannico et Bibliotheca Bodleiana Asservatis Primus Edidit (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1865), p: Oxford, 1865, p. 137-156. 1
- Note: Based on mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14582, f. 74v-81 + Add. 14624, f. 1-8v + Add. 14666, f. 57-61 + ms Vatican, Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v
- Paulus Bedjan, Liber superiorum: seu historia monastica auctore Thoma, Episcopo Margensi; Liber fundatorum monasteriorum in regno Persarum et Arabum; Homiliæ Mar-Narsetis in Joseph; Documenta patrum de quibusdam veræ fidei dogmatibus (Parisiis, 1901), p: Paris-Leipzig, 1901, p. 681-696. 1
- Note: Based on ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms de Mossoul
- Rubens Duval, Le Testament de Saint Éphrem, Journal Asiatique IX, 18 (1901): 234–319, p: 9e sér. 18 (1901), p. 243-283. 1
- Note: Based on mss Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v + mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14624, f. 1-8v + Add. 14666, f. 15-19 + Add. 14582, f. 74v-81 + ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms Chicago, University Library, Oriental Institute, A?12.008, f. 64-65
- Edmund Beck, ed., Des Heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Sermones, IV [Text], vol. 1, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 334 (Louvain: Secrétariat du
Corpus SCO, 1973), vol: 4p: Louvain, 1973, p. 43-69 + variantes p. x-xi. 1
- Note: Based on Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek or. quart. 940
Manuscripts
This is not a comprehensive list of manuscripts related to this work.- ms Rome, Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + variantes de Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v1
- mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14582, f. 74v-81 + Add. 14624, f. 1-8v + Add. 14666, f. 57-61 + ms Vatican, Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v1
- ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms de Mossoul1
- mss Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v + mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14624, f. 1-8v + Add. 14666, f. 15-19 + Add. 14582, f. 74v-81 + ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms Chicago, University Library, Oriental Institute, A?12.008, f. 64-651
- Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek or. quart. 940 Assfalg 17 , f. 177v-187v1
- Mossoul, Église chaldéenne Sainte-Meskintaolim Mossoul, Patriarcat chaldéen cod. 90 1
- Dar‘un-Harissa, Dayr al-Sharfeh, Résidence patriarcale syrienne catholique Fonds Rahmani, cod. 218 1
- ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 69 (Dolabany)1
- ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 72 (Dolabany)1
Modern Translations
This is not a comprehensive list of modern translations related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.- Latin: Josephus Assemanus, Petrus Benedictus, and Stephanus Evodius Assemanus, eds., Sancti patris nostri Ephraem Syri Opera omnia quae exstant Graece, Syriace, Latine, in sex tomos distributa: ad mss. codices Vaticanos aliosque castigata, multis aucta, nova interpretatione ... lectionibus illustrata: nunc primum ... e Bibliotheca Vaticana prodeunt (Romae: Ex Typographia Vaticana apud Joannem Mariam Henricum Salvioni, 1732), https://archive.org/details/AssemaniEphremGreekAndLatin2 https://archive.org/details/AssemaniEphremGreekAndLatin3, p: Rome, 1743, p. 395-410 + 433-437. 1
- German: Edmund Beck, ed., Des Heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Sermones, IV [Translation], vol. 2, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 335 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1973), p: 53-80. 1
- French: T Lamy, Le Testament de Saint Éphrem Le Syrien, in Compte Rendu Quatrième Congrès Scientifique International Des Catholiques (Fribourg, Suisse: Imprimerie et librairie de l’Oeuvre de Saint-Paul, 1898), 173–209, https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=aYARAQAAMAAJ&rdid=book-aYARAQAAMAAJ&rdot=1, p: 173-219. 1
Ancient Versions
This is not a comprehensive list of ancient versions related to this work.- Arabic: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
- Armenian: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
- Georgian: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
Secondary Literature
This is not a comprehensive list of secondary literature related to this work. Further citations may be available through The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Studies.- Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 1255.
- J.S. Assemani, De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), p: 141-146.
- Edward George Mathews, The Vita Tradition of Ephrem the Syrian, the Deacon of Edessa,” Diakonia 22 (1989 1988): 15–42, p: 15-42.
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 1255.
- 2 J.S. Assemani, De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), p: 141-146.
- 3 Edward George Mathews, The Vita Tradition of Ephrem the Syrian, the Deacon of Edessa,” Diakonia 22 (1989 1988): 15–42, p: 15-42.
- 4 Josephus Assemanus, Petrus Benedictus, and Stephanus Evodius Assemanus, eds., Sancti patris nostri Ephraem Syri Opera omnia quae exstant Graece, Syriace, Latine, in sex tomos distributa: ad mss. codices Vaticanos aliosque castigata, multis aucta, nova interpretatione ... lectionibus illustrata: nunc primum ... e Bibliotheca Vaticana prodeunt (Romae: Ex Typographia Vaticana apud Joannem Mariam Henricum Salvioni, 1732), https://archive.org/details/AssemaniEphremGreekAndLatin2 https://archive.org/details/AssemaniEphremGreekAndLatin3, p: Rome, 1743, p. 395-410 + 433-437.
- 5 J. Josephus Overbeck, S. Ephraemi Syri, Rabulae Episcopi Edesseni, Balaei Aliorumque Opera Selecta e Codicibus Syriacis Manuscriptis in Museo Britannico et Bibliotheca Bodleiana Asservatis Primus Edidit (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1865), p: Oxford, 1865, p. 137-156.
- 6 Paulus Bedjan, Liber superiorum: seu historia monastica auctore Thoma, Episcopo Margensi; Liber fundatorum monasteriorum in regno Persarum et Arabum; Homiliæ Mar-Narsetis in Joseph; Documenta patrum de quibusdam veræ fidei dogmatibus (Parisiis, 1901), p: Paris-Leipzig, 1901, p. 681-696.
- 7 Rubens Duval, Le Testament de Saint Éphrem, Journal Asiatique IX, 18 (1901): 234–319, p: 9e sér. 18 (1901), p. 243-283.
- 8 Edmund Beck, ed., Des Heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Sermones, IV [Text], vol. 1, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 334 (Louvain: Secrétariat du Corpus SCO, 1973), vol: 4p: Louvain, 1973, p. 43-69 + variantes p. x-xi.
- 9 ms Rome, Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + variantes de Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v.
- 10 mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14582, f. 74v-81 + Add. 14624, f. 1-8v + Add. 14666, f. 57-61 + ms Vatican, Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v.
- 11 ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms de Mossoul.
- 12 mss Vatican, Syr. 117, f. 181-187v + Borg. Syr. 45, f. 25v-47v + mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14624, f. 1-8v + Add. 14666, f. 15-19 + Add. 14582, f. 74v-81 + ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, Syr. 69 (= Sachau 72), f. 22-31v + ms Chicago, University Library, Oriental Institute, A?12.008, f. 64-65.
- 13 Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek or. quart. 940 Assfalg 17 , f. 177v-187v.
- 14 Mossoul, Église chaldéenne Sainte-Meskintaolim Mossoul, Patriarcat chaldéen cod. 90 .
- 15 Dar‘un-Harissa, Dayr al-Sharfeh, Résidence patriarcale syrienne catholique Fonds Rahmani, cod. 218 .
- 16 ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 69 (Dolabany).
- 17 ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 72 (Dolabany).
- 18 Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974).
- 19 Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974).
- 20 Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974).
- 21 Josephus Assemanus, Petrus Benedictus, and Stephanus Evodius Assemanus, eds., Sancti patris nostri Ephraem Syri Opera omnia quae exstant Graece, Syriace, Latine, in sex tomos distributa: ad mss. codices Vaticanos aliosque castigata, multis aucta, nova interpretatione ... lectionibus illustrata: nunc primum ... e Bibliotheca Vaticana prodeunt (Romae: Ex Typographia Vaticana apud Joannem Mariam Henricum Salvioni, 1732), https://archive.org/details/AssemaniEphremGreekAndLatin2 https://archive.org/details/AssemaniEphremGreekAndLatin3, p: Rome, 1743, p. 395-410 + 433-437.
- 22 Edmund Beck, ed., Des Heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Sermones, IV [Translation], vol. 2, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 335 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1973), p: 53-80.
- 23 T Lamy, Le Testament de Saint Éphrem Le Syrien, in Compte Rendu Quatrième Congrès Scientifique International Des Catholiques (Fribourg, Suisse: Imprimerie et librairie de l’Oeuvre de Saint-Paul, 1898), 173–209, https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=aYARAQAAMAAJ&rdid=book-aYARAQAAMAAJ&rdot=1, p: 173-219.
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