TY - BOOK T1 - The Syriac Version of the Hexaemeron by Basil of Caesarea [Versio] T2 - Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium Y1 - 1995 A1 - Robert William Thomson KW - Exegetical Tradition KW - Homilies JA - Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium PB - Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium CY - Louvain VL - 2 SN - 9789068317053 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Syriac Version of the Hexaemeron by Basil of Caesarea [Text] T2 - Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium Y1 - 1995 A1 - Robert William Thomson KW - Exegetical Tradition KW - Homilies AB -

The Syriac version of the Hexaemeron by St. Basil of Caesarea survives in Ms no. 9 of the Syriac collection in the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai (written before 734 AD), and in fragments, of which the earliest dates from the fifthe century. It predates the surviving Greek manuscripts by four centuries. It is not a literal translation, but expands the text in a discursive manner - as is not uncommon in Syriac. The Armenian version was made from this Syriac text by the seventh century. The Syriac version of the Hexaemeron is thus valuable as a witness to the original, as a text of importance for Syriac literature, and as the intermediary for the wide diffusion of the Hexaemeron in Armenia.
 

JA - Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium PB - Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium CY - Louvain VL - 1 SN - 9789068317046 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Athanasiana Syriaca, IV. Expositio in Psalmos, 1. Abbreviated Version, 2. Longer Version [versio] T2 - Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium Y1 - 1977 A1 - Robert William Thomson KW - Exegetical Tradition JA - Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium PB - Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium CY - Louvain VL - 2 SN - 9789042904286 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Athanasiana Syriaca, IV. Expositio in Psalmos, 1. Abbreviated Version; 2. Longer Version [Text] T2 - Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium Y1 - 1977 A1 - Robert William Thomson KW - Exegetical Tradition JA - Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium PB - Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium CY - Louvain VL - 1 SN - 9789042904286 ER -