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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܐܡܐ ܕܫܒܥܐ ܢܨ̈ܝܚܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܫܒܬܐ ܕܫܒܥܐ ܝܘܡ̈ܝܢ ܘܡܢܪܬܐ ܕܫܒܥܐ ܫܒ̈ܛܝܢ ܘܚܟܡܐ ܕܫܒܥܐ ܥܡ̈ܘܕܝܢ ܘܪܘܚܐ ܕܫܒܥܐ ܣܘܥܪ̈ܢܝܢ.”
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“La mère des sept illustres saints est comme la semaine de sept jours, comme le lampadaire à sept branches, comme la sagesse aux sept colonnes et comme l’Esprit aux sept actions.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܒܝܬ ܣܢܐ̈ܝܗܿ ܕܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ ܢܛܪܗܿ ܗ̈ܘܝ ܠܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܟ̈ܠܝܠܝܢ ܐܥܕܝ ܘܢܦܩ ܕܪܕܘܦܝܐ ܘܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܝܢ ܚܕ ܥܠ ܡܚܣܢ.”
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“Parmi les ennemis de la virginité elles ont gardé la virginité; elles ont obtenu et sont sorties avec deux couronnes, celle de la persécution et celle de la virginité; celles-ci avec peine une.”
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Editions
Beck, E.Nachträge zu Ephraem Syrus: Louvain, 1975, p. 15-19., : Louvain, 1975, p. 15-19.
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
Lamy, T. J.SESHS 3vol: 3, : col. 685-695., vol: 3, : col. 685-695.
(Edition from manuscript witness 3. See below.)
Bensly, R. L.The Fourth Book of Maccabees and Kindred Documents in Syriac: Cambridge, 1895, p. 118-124 (syr.)., : Cambridge, 1895, p. 118-124 (syr.).
(Edition from manuscript witness 2. See below.)
Modern Translations
Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
et (2): ms Londres, British Library, Add. 14592, f. 61v-62v
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mss Londres, British Library, Add. 14592, f. 61v-62v + Add. 14520, f. 43r-v
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 2 are undetermined.
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Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 401.
- 2 Mart(y) Shmuni, the Mother of the Maccabean Martyrs, in Syriac TraditionVI Symposium Syriacum 1992Orientalia christiana analectapp: 153-168., pp: 153-168.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Machabees (text).” In Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2015. Entry published November 5, 2015. http://syriaca.org/work/619.About this Entry
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- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
- Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
- Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
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- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne