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Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary Texts from Christian Late Antiquity 68 Series Editor George Anton Kiraz TeCLA (Texts from Christian Late Antiquity) is a series presenting ancient Christian texts both in their original languages and with accompanying contemporary English translations. Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary Translated from Syriac to Malayalam by Rev. Fr. Kuriyakos Pallikkapparambil (1926 AD) Translated from With a Foreword Malayalam to English by by Sarah Knight Sebastian P. Brock gp 2021 Gorgias Press LLC, 954 River Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA www.gorgiaspress.com 2021 Copyright © by Gorgias Press LLC All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without the prior written permission of Gorgias Press LLC. 2021 ܝ 1 ISBN 978-1-4632-4355-5 ISSN 1935-6846 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A Cataloging-in-Publication Record is available at the Library of Congress. Printed in the United States of America To the memory of my beloved mother Elizabeth Abraham of Illikalam-family, Kumarakom, Kerala, India TABLE OF CONTENTS First Publisher’s Note ............................................................... xi Foreword by Dr. Sebastian Brock ........................................... xiii Introduction by Sarah Knight .................................................xvii The ‘Six Books’ ...............................................................xvii Authorship .....................................................................xvii Provenance ...................................................................xviii Date and authorship of the Syriac archetype ................... xix Translations and content ................................................. xix Books 1 & 2 ..................................................................... xix Book 3 ............................................................................. xix Book 4 .............................................................................. xx Book 5 ............................................................................. xxi Book 6 ............................................................................ xxii Prayer of the Virgin Mary ............................................... xxii Sequence of events at the Departure ............................... xxiii Secondary Characters .................................................... xxiv Other recensions ............................................................ xxv The Syrian Christians of Kerala and the Syriac original . xxvi Conclusion ................................................................... xxvii Further Reading .................................................................... xxix Preface to the translation from the original Syriac into Malayalam in 1924 by the late Rev. Fr. Kuriyakos Pallikkapparambil ..... xxxi Letter from the first translation’s imprimatur ...................... xxxiii Acknowledgements .............................................................. xxxv vii viii LIFE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God .............. 1 Book 1. The Birth of Mary, and the Annunciation ....................... 3 Book 2. The Birth of Jesus ....................................................... 13 Book 3. The Flight to Egypt, and the Vision of Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria ........................................................................... 21 Patriarch Mor Theophilus’ sermon ................................... 22 Emperor Theodosius’ visit to Egypt ................................. 25 Patriarch Mor Theophilus’ Vision .................................... 27 Book 4. The Child Jesus in Nazareth ....................................... 47 Book 5. The glories that attend the Blessed Virgin Mary’s last days ................................................................................ 53 PART 1 ............................................................................. 55 Search for the Book on the Virgin’s Departure: the monks of Sinai send a letter to Jerusalem ........................... 55 A discovery in Jerusalem ................................................. 56 The Jerusalem Church’s reply .......................................... 58 Finding the Book in Ephesus ........................................... 58 PART 2 ............................................................................. 60 The Chief Priests contend with Mary ............................... 60 King Abgar of Edessa writes to Tiberius Caesar................ 61 Mary prepares to leave for Bethlehem ............................. 64 On the maidens who accompanied Mary ......................... 65 On how the Apostles were gathered together in Bethlehem .... 66 PART 3 ............................................................................. 73 The glory of Mary revealed in Bethlehem ........................ 73 Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary................................. 74 Astonishing events in Bethlehem ..................................... 76 Mary is taken back to Jerusalem...................................... 77 The Governor questions the Jerusalemites ....................... 80 The Governor calls for a debate between the Confessors and the Unbelievers ................................................. 82 The whereabouts of the Holy Cross is revealed ................ 84 The Governor visits Mary in her house ............................ 86 Another account of the miracles performed by Mary ....... 90 Juphanio’s confession and witness ................................... 91 The Apostles move Mary to the cave ............................... 93 Book 6. The Departure of the Blessed Virgin Mary .................. 95 PART 1 ............................................................................. 95 TABLE OF CONTENTS ix Jesus the Messiah arrives in glory to attend the Departure of His Blessed Mother .............................................. 95 PART 2 ........................................................................... 102 The Blessed Virgin Mary’s body is removed to Paradise ....102 PART 3 ........................................................................... 103 The Apostles return to the Mount of Olives ................... 103 PART 4 ........................................................................... 108 Matters relating to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, after she was taken to Paradise .................. 108 Prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary ......................................... 117 Prayer for those who are sick ................................................ 123
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