Florilegia Syriaca: Mapping a Knowledge-Organizing Practice in the Syriac World

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Contributor(s)
Fiori, Emiliano (editor)
Ebeid, Bishara (editor)
Collection
European Research Council (ERC)Language
EnglishAbstract
From the 6th century onwards, Syriac patristic florilegia – collections of Greek patristic excerpts in Syriac translation – progressively became a prominent form through which Syriac and Arab Christians shaped their knowledge of theology. In these collections, early Greek Christian literature underwent a substantial process of selection and re-organization. The papers collected in this volume study Syriac florilegia in their own right, as cultural products possessing their own specific textuality, and outline a phenomenology of Syriac patristic florilegia by mapping their diffusion and relevance in time and space, from the 6th to the 17th century, from the Roman Empire to China.
Keywords
Syriac Christianity; patristic florilegia; patristic anthologies; knowledge transfer; Arabic Christianity; Syriac manuscripts; paratexts; heresiology; history of Christian dogma; early Christian literature; early Christian metaphysics; Syriac MiaphysitisISBN
9789004527553, 9789004527546Publisher
BrillPublisher website
http://www.brill.comPublication date and place
2023Grantor
Classification
Christianity