The Bible in the Syriac Tradition (Third Edition) / / Sebastian Brock.

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• VerfasserIn: Brock, Sebastian,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Handbooks ; 52
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (199 p.)

This is a basic introduction to the various Syriac translations of the Bible and the ways in which they were used in the Syriac tradition. This new edition has been brought up to date and the bibliography expanded. An initial overview of the Syriac Bible is offered, along with an exploration of how the Bible comes down to us, and problems of biblical translation in general. The different surviving Syriac translations are outlined, as well as biblical manuscripts, lectionaires, printed editions, and translations. A reception history of the Syriac Bible covers the ways in which it has been interpreted, the commentary tradition, its use in preaching, in liturgy, and in spirituality. An appendix offers some comparative samples (in translation) to illustrate some of the differences between the different Syriac translations. Sebastian Brock was born in 1938 and studied Classics (Greek and Latin) and Oriental Studies (Hebrew and Aramaic) at Cambridge University before doing a DPhil. at Oxford University on the text of the Septuagint. He has taught at the Universities of Birmingham, Cambridge, and (from 1974 until his retirement in 2003) Oxford, where he was Reader in Syriac Studies. He has published extensively in the field of Syriac and has edited a number of new texts.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION -- Part I: The Bible In The Syriac Tradition -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II THE SYRIAC BIBLE – A CLOSER LOOK -- CHAPTER III HOW DOES THE SYRIAC BIBLE REACH US? -- CHAPTER IV BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION IN THE SYRIAC TRADITION -- CHAPTER V BIBLICAL COMMENTARIES -- CHAPTER VI THE USE OF THE SYRIAC BIBLE IN PREACHING -- CHAPTER VII THE USE OF THE SYRIAC BIBLE IN THE LITURGY -- CHAPTER VIII THE PESHITTA AS THE BASIS FOR SYRIAC SPIRITUALITY -- PART II: THE SYRIAC BIBLE -- CHAPTER IX THE BIBLE IN SYRIAC -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY