Coptic Vestiges of Basil of Caesarea’s Asceticon Magnum (CPG 2875)
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Published:2019-08-31
Issue:4
Volume:73
Page:359-384
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ISSN:0042-6032
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Container-title:Vigiliae Christianae
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language:
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Short-container-title:Vigiliae Christ.
Affiliation:
1. Digitale Gesamtedition und Übersetzung des koptisch-sahidischen Alten Testamentes Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Friedländer Weg 11, 37085 Göttingen
Abstract
Abstract
This paper introduces the Sahidic Coptic fragments of Basil of Caesarea’s Asceticon Magnum (CPG 2875). The first part of the article is devoted to the study of a Sahidic fragment of the Prooemium to Basil’s Long Rules. The author demonstrates that the Sahidic text did not serve as a basis for the Arabic translation of the Prooemium, as some scholars assumed in the past. In the second part, a newly identified fragment of the Short Rules is presented.
Subject
Linguistics and Language,History,Language and Linguistics,Cultural Studies,Archaeology,Religious studies