The Syriac Version of the Hexaemeron by Basil of Caesarea: T.

by Robert W. Thomson

The Syriac version of the Hexaemeron by St. Basil of Caesarea survives in Ms no. 9 of the Syriac collection in the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai (written before 734 AD), and in fragments, of which the earliest dates from the fifthe century. It predates the surviving Greek manuscripts by four centuries. It is not a literal translation, but expands the text in a discursive manner - as is not uncommon in Syriac. The Armenian version was made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9068317040
• ISBN13: 9789068317046
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.4"