
Life and Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar
Introduction, Critical Edition and Translation
Albrecht Berger(Editor)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 2006
Book
Hardback
IX, 915 pages
978-3-11-018445-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the late 10th century, an anonymous author wrote the fictitious account of a religious dialogue between Archbishop Gregentios and the Jewish scribe Herban and included it in a life of Gregentios based on earlier sources, which indicate that he was a missionary in Yemen in pre-Islamic times. Albrecht Berger examines and translates these texts, and he presents a critical edition. Key Features first edition of a large proportion of the extant texts critical edition using all known manuscripts, including those which only recently have been discovered
Reviews / Votes
"[...] eine hervorragende Publikation!"Walter W. Müller in: Oriens Christianus 92/2008 "[...] this wonderful volume offers a new reliable critical basis, and is therefore an invaluable service, to all those - Ethiopicists included, and in the forefront - who will have to cope with the Gregentios dossier."Alessandro Bausi in: Aethiopica 11/2008More details
Series
Edition
Reprint 2012
Language
English
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Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 54 mm
Weight
1720 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-018445-7 (9783110184457)
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Life and Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar
Introduction, Critical Edition and Translation
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Life and Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar
Introduction, Critical Edition and Translation
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Person
Albrecht Berger , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.