The Pauline epistles in Arabic : : manuscripts, versions, and transmission / / by Vevian Zaki.

• Superior document: Biblia arabica ; Volume 8
• VerfasserIn: Zaki, Vevian,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Biblia Arabica ; Volume 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In this study, Vevian Zaki places the Arabic versions of the Pauline Epistles in their historical context, exploring when, where, and how they were produced, transmitted, understood, and adapted among Eastern Christian communities across the centuries. She also considers the transmission and use of...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1 Definitions
• 2 The Frame of Reference
• 3 Sources, Scope, and Limitations
• 4 History of Research
• 5 Outline of the Present Work
• 6 Transcription and Translation Conventions
• Part 1 The Classification of the Versionsof the Pauline Epistles in Arabic
• Chapter 2 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Greek Origin
• 1 ArabGr1
• 2 ArabGr2
• 3 ArabGr3
• 4 ArabGr4
• 5 Concluding Remarks on the Greek-Based Versions
• Chapter 3 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Syriac Origin
• 1 ArabSyr1
• 2 ArabSyr2
• 3 ArabSyr3
• 4 ArabSyr4
• 5 ArabSyr5
• 6 Concluding Remarks on Peshitta-Based Versions
• Chapter 4 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Coptic Origin
• 1 The Arabic Bible Translations in the Coptic Church
• 2 Dependence on ArabSyr3 in the Coptic-Based PEA
• 3 Features of the Coptic-Based PEA
• 4 Variant Readings in the Coptic-Based PEA
• 5 ArabCopt1
• 6 ArabCopt2
• 7 ArabCopt3
• 8 Concluding Remarks on the Coptic-Based Versions
• Chapter 5 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Latin Origin
• 1 ArabLat1
• Chapter 6 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic from Unidentified Origins
• 1 ArabU1
• Chapter 7 Manuscripts and Versions of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic - Pulling Everything Together
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Manuscripts of the PEA
• 3 Development of Versions of the PEA through the Centuries
• 4 The Pauline Epistles as a Part of the Bible in Arabic
• Part 2 The Transmission of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic outside Their Communities
• Chapter 8 The Muslim Reception of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Versions of the PEA in Muslim Polemical Works
• 3 Concluding Remarks on the PEA in Polemical Works
• Chapter 9 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic in Europe (Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries)
• 1 The Acquisition of Manuscripts of the PEA by Europeans.
• 2 European Scholarly Manuscripts of the PEA
• 3 The Printed PEA
• Part 3 Translation Strategies in the Pauline Epistles in Arabic: A Case Study of Philippians in MSS London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13
• Chapter 10 The Manuscripts, the Arabic Edition, and the English Translation
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Epistle to the Philippians
• 3 Description of the Manuscripts
• 4 Strategy of the Edition
• 5 The Edition
• Chapter 11 Translation Strategies
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Strategies for Translating the Arabic Bible
• 3 Strategies for Translating Philippians
• 4 Concluding Remarks and Open Questions on L8612 and V13
• Chapter 12 Conclusions
• Appendices
• Appendix A Inventory of Manuscripts
• Appendix B Variant Readings in the Versions of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic
• Appendix C East and Non-East Syriac Readings in ArabSyr1 and ArabSyr2
• Appendix D Quotations of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic in Islamic Polemical Works
• Appendix E The Formal Arabic Text of the Epistle to the Philippians in MSS London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13
• Bibliography
• Index of Names and Subjects
• Index of Manuscripts
• Index of Bible References
• Index of Qurʾan References.