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Manuscripts, Versions, and Transmission
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Biblia Arabica, Volume: 8
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In this study, Vevian Zaki places the Arabic versions of the Pauline Epistles in their historical context, exploring when, where, and how they were produced, transmitted, understood, and adapted among Eastern Christian communities across the centuries. She also considers the transmission and use of these texts among Muslim polemicists, as well as European missionaries and scholars. Underpinning the study is a close investigation of the manuscripts and a critical examination of their variant readings. The work concludes with a case study: an edition and translation of the Epistle to the Philippians from manuscripts London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13; a comparison of the translation strategies employed in these two versions; and an investigation of the possible relations between them.
Manuscripts, Versions, and Transmission
Series:
Biblia Arabica, Volume: 8
Author:
In this study, Vevian Zaki places the Arabic versions of the Pauline Epistles in their historical context, exploring when, where, and how they were produced, transmitted, understood, and adapted among Eastern Christian communities across the centuries. She also considers the transmission and use of these texts among Muslim polemicists, as well as European missionaries and scholars. Underpinning the study is a close investigation of the manuscripts and a critical examination of their variant readings. The work concludes with a case study: an edition and translation of the Epistle to the Philippians from manuscripts London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13; a comparison of the translation strategies employed in these two versions; and an investigation of the possible relations between them.
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This paper investigates marginal notes (marginalia) written in Christian Arabic manuscripts in the early modern period. It takes the Arabic manuscripts of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Egypt, as its primary focus, examining the notes written in the margins of twenty-one manuscripts. These notes were all written by the priest Yuwākīm al-Ghazzī during the years 1534-1538 CE. The investigation is performed on two levels. First, on the historical level, the research constructs parts of the life of this Arabic-speaking Christian individual, Yuwākīm, starting with his annual visits to St. Catherine’s until he eventually became a resident there. Taken together, his marginalia function as a sort of ego-document that reveals much about his family, his connections to several places, and even his future aspirations. Second, in terms of scribal practices, the study looks specifically at the practice of marginalia-writing, and compares Yuwākīm’s marginal notes to those of others who used the same manuscript collection in the same century. This comparison shows the common practices and the particularities of Yuwākīm and the authors of other notes.