The Acts of Mar Mari the Apostle (Writings from the Greco-Roman World)

148 Pages·2005·1.95 MB·English

by  Amir Harrak (Editor)

The Acts of Ma¯r Ma¯r¯ı the Apostle
Society of Biblical Literature
Writings from the Greco-Roman World
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The Acts of Ma¯r Ma¯r¯ı the Apostle
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. Mari, Saint. . Christian saints--Syria. . Christian saints--Iraq. .
Churchhistory--Primitiveandearlychurch,ca.-. I.Harrak,Amir.
II.Title.III.Series.
BS.MAb
.(cid:1)–dc
[B] 
—
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations vii
Maps ix
Introduction xi
A.TheManuscripts xii
B.TheDateof theActsof M(cid:1)rM(cid:1)r(cid:2) xiv
C.TheAuthor xvii
D.Sourcesof theActsofM(cid:1)rM(cid:1)r(cid:2) xix
. TheTeachingofAddai xix
. EusebiusofCaesarea xxi
. TheBible xxi
. TheMesopotamianLegacy xxii
. OtherSources xxvi
E.LiteraryConsiderations xxvii
F.M(cid:1)rM(cid:1)r(cid:2)andtheChristianizationofMesopotamia xxxiii
G.ThePresentTranslation xxxvii
The Acts of M(cid:1)r M(cid:1)r(cid:2): Text and Translation 
Appendix: M(cid:1)r M(cid:1)r(cid:2) in Liber Turris 
List of Variants 
Bibliography 
Indices
Indexof BiblicalCitations 
Indexof PlaceNames 
Indexof PersonalNames 
SubjectIndex 

Abbreviations
  
Abbeloos,Acta Abbeloos, “Acta Sancti Maris,” AnBoll 
():–
ActsofThomas Klijn,TheActsofThomas
(cid:1)Amr Gismondi,Maris,AmrietSalibae
Bedjan,Acta Bedjan,ActaMartyrumetSanctorumSyr-
iace
Eusebius,Hist.eccl. Eusebius,Historiaecclesiastica(trans. Lake,
LoebClassicalLibrary)
LiberTurris Gismondi,Maris,Amri,etSalibae
M(cid:2)r(cid:3) Gismondi,Maris,Amri,etSalibae
Raabe,Geschichte Die Geschichte des Dominus Mâri, eines
ApostelsdesOrients
(cid:4)al(cid:3)b(cid:2) Gismondi,Maris,Amri,etSalibae
TeachingofAddai Phillips, Doctrine (reproduced with trans-
lationin Howard, TheTeaching ofAddai)
Y(cid:1)qʉt,Mu(cid:1)jam Y(cid:1)qʉtal-(cid:4)amaw(cid:2),Mu(cid:1)jamal-Buld(cid:2)n(pub-
lishedbyD(cid:1)r(cid:5)(cid:1)dir)
  
AnBoll AnalectaBollandiana
ARAM ARAMSocietyforSyro-Mesopotamian
Studies
CSCO CorpusScriptorumChristianorumOrien-
talium
JNES JournalofNearEasternStudies
JournaloftheCSSS Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac
Studies
LCL LoebClassicalLibrary
Parolede l’Orient Kaslik
SBLTT Society of Biblical Literature Texts and
Translations
viii (cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:2) 
 
A Abbeloos,Acta
B Bedjan,Acta
CB Raabe,Geschichte
Babylonia: Cradle of Mesopotamian Christianity
The Near East During the First Centuries of Our Era