The Maccabees (text) - ܡܩܒ̈ܝܐ
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- URI: http://syriaca.org/work/969
- BHS: 777
- BHO: app
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This work commemorates:Incipit
"ܡܢܘ ܡܨܐ ܢܬܢܐ ܬܫܥܝܬ ܐܢ̈ܫܐ ܛܘܒ̈ܢܐ. ܕܒܝܬ ܐܝܗܘܕܐ ܡܩܒܝ ܕܡܬܦܫܩܝܢ ܛܢܢ̈ܐ."1 "Qui peut raconter l’histoire des hommes bienheureux de la maison de Juda, les Maccabées, ce qui se traduit “zélés” ?"1Explicit
"ܐܢ ܓܝܪ ܗܟܝܠ ܚܠܦ ܢܡܘܣܢ ܢܛܥܡ ܡܘܬܐ. ܢܩܒܠܘܢܢ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܘܐܝܣܚܩ ܐܒܗ̈ܬܐ. ܘܐܦ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܒܗ̈ܝܢ ܢܩܠܣܘܢܢ ܒܚܕܘܬܐ. ܘܢܒܣܡܘܢܢ ܥܡܗܘܢ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ.. ܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ."1 "Car si nous goûtons la mort pour notre loi, les Pères Abraham et Isaac nous recevront et aussi tous nos Pères nous louerons avec joie et ils nous donneront la joie avec eux dans le royaume. Amen et amen."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.- Robert L. Bensly and William Emery Barnes, The Fourth Book of Maccabees and Kindred Documents in Syriac First Edited on Manuscript Authority (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1895), p: Cambridge, 1895, p. 126-154 (syr.). 1
Manuscripts
This is not a comprehensive list of manuscripts related to this work.- ms Oxford, Bodleian Library, syr. 134 (Or. 624), f. 142-169v + 2 autres ?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.- English: Robert L. Bensly and William Emery Barnes, The Fourth Book of Maccabees and Kindred Documents in Syriac First Edited on Manuscript Authority (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1895), p: xlviii-lxxii ( 1895)
