P. Michigan XIX Baptized for Our Sakes: A Leather Trisagion from Egypt (P.Mich. 799)

132 Pages·1999·3.303 MB·English

by  David Martinez (editor)

David G. Martinez
P. Michigan XIX
Baptized for Our Sakes:
A Leather Trisagion from Egypt
(P. Mich. 799)
Beiträge zur Altertumskunde
Herausgegeben von
Michael Erler, Ernst Heitsch, Ludwig Koenen,
Reinhold Merkelbach, Clemens Zintzen
Band 120
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Β. G. Teubner Stuttgart und Leipzig
P. Michigan XIX
Baptized for Our Sakes:
A Leather Trisagion from Egypt
(P. Mich. 799)
Edition and Commentary
by
David G. Martinez
B. G. Teubner Stuttgart und Leipzig 1999
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Martinez, David G.:
Baptized for our sakes : a leather trisagion from Egypt (P. Mich. 799) ;
edition and commentary / by David G. Martinez -
Stuttgart ; Leipzig : Teubner, 1999
(Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 120) (P. Michigan ; 19)
ISBN 3-519-07669-1
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and the memory of my father

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ix
Editorial Sigla xi
I. Introduction 1
Language and Rhythm 1
The Trisagion—Structure,
Epithets, and Origins 6
The Trisagion—Trinitarian
or Christological? 16
P. Mich. 799: Theological
and Liturgical context 21
Π. Text of P.Mich. 799 29
Diplomatic Text 32
Edited Text and Translation 38
III. Commentary 44
Hymn I, 1-39 (diplom. 2-14) 44
Hymn II, 40-54 (diplom. 15-22) 66
Hymn ΙΠ and Concluding Sextuplet
55-70 (diplom. 22-31) 76
Appendix: Summary of Phonological Features 85
Addenda (to be consulted at •) 88
Abbreviations and Bibliography 90
Indices 96
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I. Greek Indices of P. Mich. 799 96
A. Biblical Proper Names 96
B. General Index of Words 96
II. Subject Index 98
A. English 98
B. Greek 108
ΠΙ. Select Index Locorum 110
A. Biblical Literature 110
B. Patristic Literature Ill
C. Liturgiae et Symbola 113
D. Hymns 113
E. Magical Texts 114
F. Other Papyri and Inscriptions 115
G. Greek Literature 115
PREFACE
In preparing this edition, I received generous assistance from a
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship with a matching
University Research Institute grant from the University of Texas at
Austin and two Summer Research Awards from the same university.
I acknowledge my gratitude for this support and also for permission
to publish this remarkable document, granted by the Hatcher Grad-
uate Library of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I have ben-
efited greatly from the correspondence of Rev. Fr. Justin of St.
Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai, and Rev. Fr. Haralampos of the
Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, who freely made
available their expertise in Eastern Orthodox liturgy and theology. I
also thank my Texas colleague David Armstrong for contacting them
in my behalf and for his own valuable suggestions.
I made substantial revisions to the text and finished checking ref-
erences during my fellowship year at the Center for Hellenic Studies
in Washington, D.C., where, in addition to the Center's resources, I
also had access to the splendid Byzantine library at Dumbarton Oaks.
Those two institutions have done so much to advance ancient and
late-antique Greek studies in this country, that I am honored to have
this monograph associated with them. I am also pleased for the vol-
ume to bear the name of B.G. Teubner, and I appreciate the patience
of the editors of that firm in bringing it to light
I presented various aspects of this text as papers to the American
Society of Papyrologists, the Catholic University of America, the
Center for Hellenic Studies, and Dumbarton Oaks, and benefited
from the criticisms of those audiences, particularly L. MacCoull, J.
χ Preface
Price, and A. Alexakis. I also thank T. Gagos, F. T. Gignac, P.A.
Heilporn, R. Hübner, S. Larson, M. Marcovitch, G. Quispel (t), A.
Rigsby, R.K. Ritner, G. Schwendner, L. M. White, and D. Wilson
for their help and advice on many points. In the production of the
camera-ready copy I received invaluable assistance from Jeffrey
Fish, whose expertise with computers and keen critical insight im-
proved this work on a number of fronts. In addition, I am grateful to
my parents-in-law, Thomas and Irma Longley, to my aunt, Antonia
Cabrera, and above all to my wife Meredith for their support of a
more personal but equally important nature.
As I wrote this monograph two were looking over my shoulder.
The first is Ludwig Koenen, who gave me constant help with this
document and whose own ground-breaking work on the Trisagion
forms the basis for my approach to this type of hymn in general and
this text in particular. The other is my late father, Rev. Angel Mar-
tinez, whose character and long career in the ministry furnished a
kind of spiritual incentive for my work. I dedicate this volume to his
memory and also to his surviving wife and my mother, Robbie Mar-
tinez.
Austin, Texas
February 1999