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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܐܒܐ ܐܪܣܢܝܣ ܟܕ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܒܦܠܛܝܢ. ܨܠܝ ܠܘܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܘܐܡܪ. ܡܪܝܐ ܕܒܪܝܢܝ ܠܡܚܐ.”
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“Quand abba Arsène était au palais, il pria Dieu et dit: «Seigneur, conduis-moi pour que je vive.»”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܐܠܐ ܫܡܥ ܐܘ ܐܚܝ̈. ܦܘܠܚܢܐ ܫܪܝܪܐ ܕܕܝܪܝܘܬܐ ܗܢܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ. ܩܛܪܐ ܕܡܕܥܐ ܕܒܐܠܗܐ. ܘܣܬܪܐ ܕܡܚܫ̈ܒܬܐ ܢܘܟܪ̈ܝܬܐ ܕܥ̈ܐܠܢ ܠܠܒܗ. ܘܐܝܢܐ ܕܗܘܐ ܠܒܗ ܠܘܬ ܐܠܗܐ. ܩܢܿܐ ܠܢܦܫܗ ܢܝܚܐ ܘܚܝ̈ܐ ܕܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ.”
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“Mais écoutez, mes frères, voici la véritable pratique du monachisme et le lien de l’intelligence en Dieu et la destruction des pensées étrangères qui pénètrent son corps; et quiconque a son coeur tourné vers Dieu acquerra pour son âme le repos et la vie pour les siècles des siècles. Amen et amen.”
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Editions
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. 432-766 (syr.).
Modern Translations
1 Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Lady Meux 6 (?)
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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: 786.
- 2 W. Bousset, Apophtegmata. Studien zur Geschichte des ältesten
Mönchtums (Tübingen, 1923)., pp: 26-57, 137-150.
- 3 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.
- 4 R. Draguet, "Fragments de l’Ambrosienne de Milan à restituer aux
mss syriaques du Sinaï 46 et 16." in J.N. Birdsall and R.W. Thomson (eds.), Biblical and Patristic Studies in Memory of Robert
Pierce Casey (Fribourg, 1963)., pp: 167-178.
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- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
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