The Arabic Versions of the Gospels: The Manuscripts and their Families

Hikmat Kashouh

Published by De Gruyter 2012

The Arabic Versions of the Gospels

The Manuscripts and their Families

Hikmat Kashouh

Volume 42 in the series Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110228595

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About this book

This book is concerned with the Arabic versions of the Gospels. It is an attempt to examine a substantial number of Arabic manuscripts which contain the continuous text of the canonical Gospels copied between the eighth and the nineteenth centuries and found in twenty-one different library collections in Europe and the Orient.
Following the introduction, Chapter Two presents the state of research from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present time. Chapter Three introduces and reflects on the two hundred plus manuscripts examined in this work. Chapters Four to Eight concentrate on grouping these manuscripts into twenty-four families and examining their Vorlagen (Greek, Syriac, Coptic and Latin). In order to examine the relationship between the families, phylogenetic software is used. Consequently, the manuscripts are grouped into seven different mega clusters or tribes. Finally the date of the first translation of the Gospels into Arabic is addressed and (a) provisional date(s) suggested based on the textual and linguistic analyses of the manuscripts.
The conclusion in Chapter Ten gives the overall contribution made by this thesis and also future avenues for the study of the Arabic versions of the Gospels.

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Hikmat Kashouh, University of Birmingham, UK.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
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1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Continuous Text of the Arabic Gospel Manuscripts: The State of Research (1849—2004) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3. An Abridged List of the Arabic Gospel Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
4. The Grouping of Arabic Gospel Manuscripts of Greek Vorlagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
5. The Grouping of Arabic Gospel Manuscripts of Syriac Vorlagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
6. The Grouping of the Alexandrian Vulgate Manuscripts (Family K): The Arabic Vulgate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
7. The Grouping of Arabic Gospel Manuscripts of Coptic, Latin and Mixture Vorlagen, and Manuscripts edited from Arabic Lectionaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
8. Manuscripts of Mixed Arabic Versions and Fragmentary Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
9. The Organic Linguistic Relation between the Families Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304
10. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	326
11. Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
12. Appendix One: Test Passages and Variants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	352
13. Appendix Two: Textual Evidence (1) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	465
14. Appendix Three: Textual Evidence(2): Family K Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	545
15. Appendix Four: The Stemmas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	694
16. General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	759

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 761
Keywords: Textual Criticism; Arab Christian Heritage; Gospel

eBook

Published: November 30, 2011
ISBN: 9783110228595

Hardcover

Published: November 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110228588