Elijah, Friend of the Virgins (text) - ܐܠܝܐ
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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܐܢܫ ܕܝܢ ܚܕ ܐܝܬ ܗܘ̣ܐ: ܕܫܡܗ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܐܠܝܐ: ܕܪܚܡ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܒܬܘ̈ܠܬܐ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ ܛܒ...”
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“Il y avait un homme qui s’appelait Élie, qui aimait beaucoup les vierges (la virginité)…”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܗܕܐ ܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܗܘ̣ܬ ܒܩܕܝܫܐ ܗܘܿ ܚܠܦ ܗܿܝ ܝܨܝܦܘܬܐ ܕܡܚܘܐ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܥܠ ܕܝܪܐ ܗܝܿ.”
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“Cette grâce advint au saint en rétribution du soin qu’il montrait pour ce monastère.”
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Editions
Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., vol: 7, : p. 109-112.
(Edition from manuscript witness 4. See below.)
René Draguet (ed.), Les formes syriaques de la matière de l’Histoire lausiaque, II. Édition des ch.
20-71, épilogue [72-73], Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 398 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1978), vol: 2, : p. 226-230.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 5. See below.)
The Book of Paradise: Being the Histories and Sayings of the Monks and Ascetics of
the Egyptian Desert, trans. E. A. Wallis Budge (Leipzig: W. Drugulin, 1904)., vol: 2, : p. 177-179 (syr.).
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 3. See below.)
Otto Fridericus Tullberg, Præs. Libri qui inscribitur Paradisus Patrum partes selectæ e Codicibus MSS.
Syriacis Musei Britannici et Bibliothecæ Vaticanæ (Upsaliæ, 1851)., : Uppsala, 1851, p. 41-42.
(Edition from manuscript witness 6. See below.)
Modern Translations
Ancient Versions
Latin:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Arabic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Armenian:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Georgian:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Soghdian:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Slavic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Coptic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Ethiopic:
Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974)
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Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Lady Meux 6 (?)
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ms Vatican, Syr. 126, f. 23-23v
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ms Birmingham, Selly Oak College Library, Coll. Mingana, Syr. 577, f. 56-57v
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 1 are undetermined.
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 2 are undetermined.
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 4 are undetermined.
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Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 216.
- 2 C. Butler, A Critical Discussion together with Notes on Early Egyptian Monachism, Texts and Studies, vol. 6/1 (Cambridge, 1898)The Lausiac History of Palladius vol. 1 (Cambridge, 1898), pp: 77-96.
- 2b C. Butler, The Greek Text Edited with Introduction and Notes, Texts and Studies, vol. 6/2 (Cambridge, 1904)The Lausiac History of Palladius vol. 2 (Cambridge, 1904), pp: lxxvii-lxxx.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Elijah, Friend of the Virgins (text) — ܐܠܝܐ
” in Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, last modified November 5, 2015, http://syriaca.org/work/436.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Elijah, Friend of the Virgins (text) — ܐܠܝܐ .” In Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2015. Entry published November 5, 2015. http://syriaca.org/work/436.About this Entry
Entry Title: Elijah, Friend of the Virgins (text) — ܐܠܝܐ
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- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
- Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
- Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
- Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne