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Life and Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar

Introduction, Critical Edition and Translation

Albrecht Berger editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:25th Oct '06

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In the late 10th century, an anonymous author wrote the fictitious account of a religious dialogue between Archbishop Gregentios and the Jewish scribe Herban and included it in a life of Gregentios based on earlier sources, which indicate that he was a missionary in Yemen in pre-Islamic times. Albrecht Berger examines and translates these texts, and he presents a critical edition. Key Features first edition of a large proportion of the extant texts critical edition using all known manuscripts, including those which only recently have been discovered

"[...] eine hervorragende Publikation!"Walter W. Muller in: Oriens Christianus 92/2008 "[...] this wonderful volume offers a new reliable critical basis, and is therefore an invaluable service, to all those - Ethiopicists included, and in the forefront - who will have to cope with the Gregentios dossier."Alessandro Bausi in: Aethiopica 11/2008

ISBN: 9783110184457

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1715g

924 pages

Reprint 2012