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/405
• BHS: 185
• BHO: 848
• CPG: 6036

Prologue

"Conseils à ton égard: garde-les en tout temps présents à ton esprit et tu ne pécheras pas. Faire du bien au sot et embaumer le mort: les deux se valent."1 "ܡܠܟ̈ܐ ܕܠܘܬܟ. ܗܘܐ ܩܕܡ ܚܘܫܒܟ ܒܟܠ ܣܘܥܪ̈ܢܝܢ: ܘܒܡܕܡ ܠܐ ܚܛܿܐ ܐܢܬ. ܠܣܟܠܐ ܠܡܘܬܪܘ. ܘܠܡܝܬܐ ܠܡܒܣܡܘ. ܫܘܐ ܗ̣ܘ ܣܘܥܪܢܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ."1

Editions

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• Paulus Bedjan, Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, 7 vols. (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890), vol: 7p: p. 7-18. 1
• 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. 97-106 (syr.). 1
  • Note: Based on Lady Meux 6
  • Note: Based on Vatican Syr. 126

Manuscripts

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• Lady Meux 6 1
  • Note: (?)1
• Vatican Syr. 126 , f. 3v-61

Modern Translations

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• 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: 117-127. 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

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• Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 185.
• 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.