Reception of the Greek Story of Melchizedek in Syriac Christian Tradition

TitleReception of the Greek Story of Melchizedek in Syriac Christian Tradition
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsMinov, S
JournalJournal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Volume26.2
Pagination108–143
Publication Languageeng.
ISSN09518207
KeywordsOld Testament Pseudepigrapha
Abstract

This article focuses on the history of reception of the Story of Melchizedek, an original Greek composition from Late Antiquity, among Syriac-speaking Christians during the Middle Ages. For the first time the original Syriac text, English translation and discussion of three different witnesses to this apocryphal work in Syriac is provided, namely (1) the abbreviated translation of the Story incorporated into Catena Severi (ninth century), (2) the Pseudo-Athanasian excerpt found in ms. Vatican Syr. 159, and (3) the brief discourse entitled Melchizedek the Priest.

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