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Dimitrie Cantemir, Salvation of the Sage and Ruin of the Sinful World
Series: - Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, Volume: 6
This is a thoroughly revised and expanded version of the first edition of the Arabic version of Dimitrie Cantemir’s
The Divan or the Sage’s Dispute with the World (Ṣalāḥ al-ḥakīm wa-fasād al-ʿālam al-ḏamīm) (Iaşi, 1698), his first printed book, the earliest ethical treatise in Romanian literature and a testimony to his wide knowledge, reading, and proficiency in foreign languages. Completed in 1705 by Athanasius III Dabbās, Patriarch of the Antiochian Church (1684-1694, 1720-1724), the Arabic text is accompanied by the first translation into a modern language, English. Book III contains Cantemir’s version of the Latin work
Stimuli virtutum, fraena peccatorum (Amsterdam, 1682) by the Unitarian Andzrej Wiszowaty (Andreas Wissovatius) of Raków (Poland), a chief representative of the Polish Brethren. Thus, in the space of twenty-three years Central-European Protestant ideas reached the Arab Christians of Ottoman Syria, by way of Greek and Arabic.
Ioana Feodorov, Ph. D. (1998), Institute for South-East European Studies, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, is a researcher of Christian Arabic literature connecting the Patriarchate of Antioch with Romanian lands, author of contributions on Arabic travelogues, Arabic manuscripts, Cantemir studies etc.
Yulia Petrova, Ph. D. (2007), A. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Senior Lecturer at Kiev National Linguistic University, author of contributions on Arabic dialectology, sociolinguistics, lexicology, and textual criticism of Arabic Christian manuscripts.
Virgil Cândea, Ph. D. (1970), Professor of Religious Art and Theology of the Icon at the University of Bucharest, Vice-President of the Romanian Academy, a scholar of Dimitrie Cantemir’s life and works, a specialist in Romanian and East-European medieval studies, church art and early printing. Died in 2007.
Yulia Petrova, Ph. D. (2007), A. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Senior Lecturer at Kiev National Linguistic University, author of contributions on Arabic dialectology, sociolinguistics, lexicology, and textual criticism of Arabic Christian manuscripts.
Virgil Cândea, Ph. D. (1970), Professor of Religious Art and Theology of the Icon at the University of Bucharest, Vice-President of the Romanian Academy, a scholar of Dimitrie Cantemir’s life and works, a specialist in Romanian and East-European medieval studies, church art and early printing. Died in 2007.
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
Historical Background
Structure and Contents of the Divan
The Divan – A Philosophical and Ethical Writing
The Divan in Romanian and European Culture
Circulation of the Divan
References
2 Editor’s Note
1 The Arabic Version: Source and Conception
1.1 Athanasius Dabbās – The Hierarch, the Scholar
1.2 The Source
1.3 The Arabic Title
1.4 Authorship
1.5 Distinctions in Content
1.6 Novelty of the Present Work
2 The Arabic Text
2.1 Language Variety
2.2 Editorial Principles
2.3 Arabic Language Features
3 The English Translation
3.1 Translation Principles
3.2 Biblical Quotations
3.3 Additional Features
3 General Survey of the Manuscripts
Source-Manuscripts of this Edition
Other Manuscripts
Arabic Edition and English Translation
Introduction – المقدمة
Book One – الجزء الاوّل
Book Two – الجزء الثاني
Book Three – الجزء الثالث
Appendix
Sources
Index of Biblical Quotations
Index of Classical Authors and Works
Index of Names
Figures
Preface
1 Introduction
Historical Background
Structure and Contents of the Divan
The Divan – A Philosophical and Ethical Writing
The Divan in Romanian and European Culture
Circulation of the Divan
References
2 Editor’s Note
1 The Arabic Version: Source and Conception
1.1 Athanasius Dabbās – The Hierarch, the Scholar
1.2 The Source
1.3 The Arabic Title
1.4 Authorship
1.5 Distinctions in Content
1.6 Novelty of the Present Work
2 The Arabic Text
2.1 Language Variety
2.2 Editorial Principles
2.3 Arabic Language Features
3 The English Translation
3.1 Translation Principles
3.2 Biblical Quotations
3.3 Additional Features
3 General Survey of the Manuscripts
Source-Manuscripts of this Edition
Other Manuscripts
Arabic Edition and English Translation
Introduction – المقدمة
Book One – الجزء الاوّل
Book Two – الجزء الثاني
Book Three – الجزء الثالث
Appendix
Sources
Index of Biblical Quotations
Index of Classical Authors and Works
Index of Names
Figures
Those interested in the history of theological and ethical writings of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Ottoman Syria; Historians of the Eastern Churches; Protestantism and its presence in Central and Eastern countries; Christian Arabic literature and translations from European languages into Arabic.