• A Re-translation of Basil’s Hexaemeral Homilies by ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch

    Author(s):
    Alexandre Roberts (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    Byzantine Studies, Christian Arabic Studies, Graeco-Arabic Studies
    Subject(s):
    Translating and interpreting, Fathers of the church, Greece
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Translation, Arabic, Greek, Greek patristics
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/ybzs-8d98
    Abstract:
    This chapter examines the eleventh-century Arabic translation of Basil of Caesarea’s Homilies on the Hexaemeron by the translator and theologian ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch. It begins by surveying other late antique and medieval translations of Basil’s Hexaemeron, then lists all manuscripts known to me which are reported to contain an Arabic version of the Hexaemeron and describes those which the author has been able to consult. Next, it establishes textual relationships between Ibn al-Faḍl’s and another, anonymous Arabic translation and shows that a third Arabic translation, made from a Coptic original, is unrelated to the other two Arabic translations. It closes with an analysis of the opening passage of Basil’s Hexaemeron in the two interrelated Arabic translations and assessment of Ibn al-Faḍl’s method and translation style.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1163/9789004415041_009
    Publisher:
    Brill
    Pub. Date:
    2019-10-8
    Book Title:
    Patristic Literature in Arabic Translations
    Author/Editor:
    Barbara Roggema and Alexander Treiger
    Chapter:
    7
    Page Range:
    198 - 240
    ISBN:
    9789004415041
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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