A Young Man of Alexandria (text) - [ Syriac Not Available ]

Titles

• Jeune homme d’Alexandrie (texte)1
• A Young Man of Alexandria (text)1

Creators

• Palladius of Aspuna — ܦܠܕܝܣ 1 [author]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/475
• BHS: 255
• BHO: 854

Incipit

"ܥܠܝܡܐ ܚܕ ܐܝܬ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܒܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ: ܘܗܘ ܗܢܐ ܡܚܕܐ ܕܫܪܝ ܕܢܥܒܕ ܒܗ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܟܝܢܝܐ ܘܕܢܩܢܝܘܗܝ ܝܕܥܬܐ ܦܪܫܬ ܛܒܬܐ ܡܢ ܒܝܫܬܐ..."1 "Il y avait à Alexandrie un jeune homme; dès que la loi naturelle commença à agir en lui et à lui procurer la connaissance qui distingue le bien du mal…"1

Explicit

"ܘܫܒܩ ܝܪ̈ܬܐ ܬܩ̈ܢܐ ܕܡܝܬܪ̈ܬܗ ܘܕܕܝܪܗ: ܠܗܘܿ ܒܪܗ ܪܘܚܢܝܐ ܘܠܗܘܿ ܦܓܪܢܝܐ ܘܪܘܚܢܝܐ. ܕܒܨ̈ܠܘܬܗܘܢ... ܐܡܝܢ."1 "Et il laissa des héritiers solides de ses vertus et de son monastère, son fils spirituel et son fils corporel et spirituel. Que par leurs prières… Amen."1

Editions

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• Paulus Bedjan, Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, 7 vols. (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890), vol: 7p: p. 200-209. 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. 251-257 (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. 40-41v1
• Dawra (Bagdad), Monastère chaldéen cod. 626 , f. 144-1501
• ms Dayr az-Za‘faran, cod. pap. 121 (Dolabany)1

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: 310-317. 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: 255.