2011/01/01 by Fergus Millar · 5 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Linguistic Studies #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Biblical Studies and Interpretation
paper · doi:10.1484/j.sec.1.102508
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This article surveys the evidence for the co-existence and mutual relations of Greek and Syriac in Edessa in the period from the arrival there of Ephrem to the death of Bishop Rabbula, examining, for instance, the evidence for a “school” of Christian learning conducted in Syriac, and the nature and contents of the famous Syriac codex copied in Edessa in CE 411, all of whose contents are translations from Greek. The anonymous Syriac Life of Rabbula is examined as evidence for the use of Greek and Syriac in the conduct of his bishopric, in his own writing, and in his involvement in translation from Greek into Syriac.