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Severus of Antioch and John bar Aphtonia Severus of Antioch and John bar Aphtonia
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The first Syriac Translator: Sergius of Reshaina The first Syriac Translator: Sergius of Reshaina
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The Miaphysite Apology for the Faith at the Constantinopolitan Colloquium and its Dionysian Citations The Miaphysite Apology for the Faith at the Constantinopolitan Colloquium and its Dionysian Citations
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Notes on the Text Notes on the Text
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Conclusions Drawn on the Three Texts Conclusions Drawn on the Three Texts
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The Evolution of the Dionysian Text tradition in the Sixth Century, Illustrated on One Example The Evolution of the Dionysian Text tradition in the Sixth Century, Illustrated on One Example
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Analysis Analysis
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The Greek text as it stands in the critical edition The Greek text as it stands in the critical edition
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Sergius’ text Sergius’ text
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The citation in the Apology for the Faith The citation in the Apology for the Faith
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The Theological Discourse of Theodosius and Phocas’ translation The Theological Discourse of Theodosius and Phocas’ translation
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Conclusions Conclusions
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Notes Notes
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Bibliography Bibliography
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12 Notes on the Earliest Greco-Syriac Reception of the Dionysian Corpus
Get accessIstván Perczel is Professor of Byzantine and Eastern Christian Studies in the Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University, Vienna–Budapest, Hungary. He has extensively worked on Late Antique and Patristic philosophy as well as Syriac Christianity, including the communities of South India. One of his research projects is on Christian Platonism and Byzantine theology, within which he has published studies on Saint Antony, Evagrius of Pontus, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, the sixth-century Origenist movement, Maximus the Confessor, Symeon the New Theologian and John Italus.
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Published:18 March 2022
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Abstract
The first public appearance of the Dionysian Corpus is linked to the intellectual circle of Severus of Antioch, who prized the corpus since they saw in its assertion of the composition with humanity of the ‘simple Jesus’ and in his ‘god-manly activity’ a vindication of their own Christology. This chapter passes under review the earliest textual citations from the corpus and compares them to the corresponding texts in the first Syriac translation by Sergius, the chief physician of Reshaina, who is also the founder of the Syriac philosophical translation movement. Through a comparative philological analysis, the chapter shows that the early citations partly coincide with the form of the text, in which Sergius’ translation contains them, and partly constitute free elaborations upon those. Especially, the strong dyophysite elements that are in the original text of the Dionysian Corpus had to be eliminated or reinterpreted. There is reason, therefore, to posit an earlier Greek redaction, which was current until a new edition, constituting a thorough revision of the first redaction, was made by John of Scythopolis, whose aim was, among others, to sanitize this dubious authority. Given the important role of the Dionysian Corpus in the theological debates, there was need for a koine text that allowed the contesting parties to conduct meaningful debates around it. John’s edition served as such a vulgate version, but there continued the editorial interventions and the translatorial solutions to enhance the text’s value as a witness to their authors’ own theological positions.
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