The Paradise of the Fathers (text) - [ Syriac Not Available ]

Titles

• Pères (texte)1
• The Paradise of the Fathers (text)1

Creators

• ʿEnanishoʿ — ܥܢܢܝܫܘܥ 1 [author]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/404
• BHS: 184
• BHO: 847
• CPG: 6036

Prologue

"En ce livre est tracée la vie excellente et la conduite admirable des Pères saints et bienheureux, eux qui ont assumé le joug de la vie solitaire."1 "ܒܗܢܐ ܟܬܒܐ ܪܫܝܡ ܒܗ ܕܘܒܪ̈ܐ ܡܝܬܪ̈ܐ ܘܥܘܡܪܐ ܬܡܝܗܐ ܕܐܒܗ̈ܬܐ ܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ ܘܛܘ̈ܒܢܐ: ܗܢܘܢ ܕܩܒܠܘ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܠܢܝܪܐ ܕܝܚܝܕܝܘܬܐ..."1

Editions

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• Paulus Bedjan, Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, 7 vols. (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890), vol: 7p: p. 4-7. 1
• René Draguet, ed., Les formes syriaques de la matière de l’Histoire lausiaque, I. Les manuscrits. Édition des pièces liminaires et des ch. 1-19, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 389 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1978), p: p. 1-4. 1
  • Note: Based on Lady Meux 6
  • Note: Based on Vatican Syr. 136
• Ernest A. Wallis Budge, The Book of Paradise, Being the Histories and Sayings of the Monks and Ascetics of the Egyptian Desert by Palladius, Hieronymus and Others: The Syriac Texts, According to the Recension of ‘Anân-Îshô‘ of Bêth ‘Âbhê, Edited with an English Translation, 2 vols., Lady Meux Manuscript 6 (London: W. Drugulin, 1904), vol: 2p: p. 95-97 (syr.). 1

Manuscripts

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• Lady Meux 6 1
  • Note: (?)1
• Vatican Syr. 136 , f. 3-3v1

Modern Translations

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• French: René Draguet, ed., Les formes syriaques de la matière de l’Histoire lausiaque, I. Les recensions. Version des pièces liminaires et des ch. 1-19, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 390 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1978), p: 1-3. 1
• English: Ernest A. Wallis Budge, The Book of Paradise, Being the Histories and Sayings of the Monks and Ascetics of the Egyptian Desert by Palladius, Hieronymus and Others: The Syriac Texts, According to the Recension of ‘Anân-Îshô‘ of Bêth ‘Âbhê, Edited with an English Translation, 2 vols., Lady Meux Manuscript 6 (London: W. Drugulin, 1904), vol: 1p: 114-117. 1

Ancient Versions

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• Latin: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• 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
• Sogdian: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Old Church Slavonic: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Coptic: Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 6 vols., Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974). 1
• Geʽez: 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: 184.
• C. Butler, A Critical Discussion Together with Notes on Early Egyptian Monachism, Texts and Studies 6/1 (Cambridge, 1898), p: 77-96.
• C. Butler, The Greek Text Edited with Introduction and Notes, Texts and Studies 6/2 (Cambridge, 1904), p: lxxvii-lxxx.