The Multilingual Physiologus

The Physiologus is an ancient Christian collection of astonishing stories about animals, stones, and plants that serve as positive or negative models for Christians. Written originally in Greek, the Physiologus was translated in ancient times into Latin, Armenian, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian,...

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description The Physiologus is an ancient Christian collection of astonishing stories about animals, stones, and plants that serve as positive or negative models for Christians. Written originally in Greek, the Physiologus was translated in ancient times into Latin, Armenian, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Arabic, and Old Slavonic. Throughout its transformations and adaptations, the Physiologus has never lost its attraction. The present volume offers an introduction to the significance of the Greek text, a new examination of its manuscript tradition, and a completely revised state of the art for each of the ancient translations. Two chapters of the Physiologus, on the pelican and on the panther, are edited in Greek and in each translation. These editions are accompanied by a new English rendering of the edited texts as well as short interpretative essays concerning the two animals. The volume affords new insights into this fascinating book's diffusion, transmission, and reception over the centuries, from its composition at the beginning of the third century CE in Alexandria to the end of the Middle Ages, and across all regions of the Byzantine Empire, the Latin West, Egypt and Ethiopia, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Slavia orthodoxa.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1509492025-02-10T17:02:09Z The Multilingual Physiologus Macé, Caroline Gippert, Jost Greek literature of the Early Christian church Literature: history & criticism Literary influence & reception Translation & vernacularity History of Botany and Zoology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF3 Writings of the Early Church Fathers The Physiologus is an ancient Christian collection of astonishing stories about animals, stones, and plants that serve as positive or negative models for Christians. Written originally in Greek, the Physiologus was translated in ancient times into Latin, Armenian, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Arabic, and Old Slavonic. Throughout its transformations and adaptations, the Physiologus has never lost its attraction. The present volume offers an introduction to the significance of the Greek text, a new examination of its manuscript tradition, and a completely revised state of the art for each of the ancient translations. Two chapters of the Physiologus, on the pelican and on the panther, are edited in Greek and in each translation. These editions are accompanied by a new English rendering of the edited texts as well as short interpretative essays concerning the two animals. The volume affords new insights into this fascinating book's diffusion, transmission, and reception over the centuries, from its composition at the beginning of the third century CE in Alexandria to the end of the Middle Ages, and across all regions of the Byzantine Empire, the Latin West, Egypt and Ethiopia, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Slavia orthodoxa. 2025-02-10T17:02:07Z 2025-02-10T17:02:07Z 2021 book ONIX_20250210_9782503589749_22 9782503589749 9782503589756 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150949 eng Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503589749-1 https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.IPM-EB.5.120467 Brepols Brepols 10.1484/M.IPM-EB.5.120467 10.1484/M.IPM-EB.5.120467 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503589749 9782503589756 Brepols 84 661 Turnhout open access
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Literary influence & reception
Translation & vernacularity
History of Botany and Zoology
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF3 Writings of the Early Church Fathers
The Multilingual Physiologus
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title_full The Multilingual Physiologus
title_fullStr The Multilingual Physiologus
title_full_unstemmed The Multilingual Physiologus
title_short The Multilingual Physiologus
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topic Greek literature of the Early Christian church
Literature: history & criticism
Literary influence & reception
Translation & vernacularity
History of Botany and Zoology
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF3 Writings of the Early Church Fathers
topic_facet Greek literature of the Early Christian church
Literature: history & criticism
Literary influence & reception
Translation & vernacularity
History of Botany and Zoology
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF3 Writings of the Early Church Fathers
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