Syriac Literature : : An English Translation of ‹i›La Littérature Syriaque‹/i› / / M. Rubens Duval.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Duval, M. Rubens,
• MitwirkendeR: Holmey, Olivier,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)

Despite having been written over a century ago, the 3rd edition of Rubens Duval's History of Syriac Literature remains one of the best - and most readable - introductions to Syriac literature. This edition provides the first English translation of the work, translated by Olivier Holmey.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword to the English Edition -- Part I: Syriac Literature And Its Different Genres -- I. The Origins of Syriac Literature -- II. General Features of Syriac Literature. Poetry -- III. The Ancient Versions of the Old and New Testaments -- IV. The Syro-Palestinian Version of the Old and New Testament -- V. The Later Versions of the Old and New Testament -- VI. The Syrian Masoretic Text -- VII. The Biblical Commentaries -- VIII. The Apocrypha Concerning the Old and New Testament -- IX. The Acts of the Martyrs and of the Saints -- X. The Apologetic Texts -- XI. Ecclesiastical Canons and Civil Law -- XII. The Historiographers -- XIII. Ascetic Literature -- XIV. Philosophy -- XV. The Sciences of the Syrians -- XVI. Grammar, Lexicography, Rhetoric and Poetic -- XVII. Syriac Translations -- Part II: Notes On The Syriac Authors -- I. Writers up to the 5th Century -- II. Writers up Until the 7th Century -- III. Writers under the Arabs -- Index of Names