Diverse Perspectives on the Manuscript Tradition of the Story of Zosimus

Haelewyck, Jean-Claude; Somers, Véronique; Van Elverdinghe, Emmanuel (2016): Diverse Perspectives on the Manuscript Tradition of the Story of Zosimus. In: Oriens Christianus. Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Vol. 99: pp. 1-44

Abstract

All reference books on Apocrypha consider the Story of Zosimus as an apocrypha and not as a late monastic legend. We would like to verify this point, starting not with a literary analysis of the work, but by examining the manner in which the manuscript collections have understood the Story of Zosimus. Our objective is to take into consideration the environment in which the Story was copied, and to examine the titles which were attributed to it in each of the oriental traditions transmitted to us (Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopian, Armenian, Georgian, and Slavic)

• Item Type: Journal article
• Form of publication: Publisher's Version
• Keywords: Story of Zosimus; Rechabites; Island of the Blessed Ones; hagiography; apocrypha; mythology, Histoire de Zosime; Réchabites; Île des Bienheureux; hagiographie; apocryphe; mythologie, Narratio Zosimi; Rechabiten; Insel der Seligen; Hagiographie; Apokryphen; Mythologie, Narratio Zosimi de vita Beatorum; Historia Rechabitarum; CAVT 166
• Faculties: Protestant Theology > Institute of Church History
• Subjects: 000 Computer science, information and general works > 090 Manuscripts and rare books; 200 Religion > 240 Christian practice and observance; 800 Literature > 880 Classical and modern Greek literatures; 800 Literature > 890 Other literatures
• ISSN: 0340-6407
• Place of Publication: (Germany) Wiesbaden
• Language: English