| A Project on the Antiochian Chalcedonian Orthodox Manuscripts: Syriac, Arabic, CPA and Greek |
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A paper given for the Symposium Syriacum 2004 by Monk Elia Khalifeh on his work. Appeared in Parole de l'Orient 31 (Kaslik, 2006) 423-431. First of all, I want to thank so much Dr Sebastian Brock. Because of him, I had the great opportunity to continue my studeis and research in Oxford on this most important project. Also, I would like to thank Fr Smair Khalil for giving me the opportunity to be among you today. My paper will consist of a few short words on my project on the Orthodox Chalcedonian Manuscripts in Syriac, Arabic, Christian Palestinian Aramaic (CPA) and Greek. 1 - The Trilingual Icon Before I begin my talk, I want to show a beautiful icon from the very old Monastery pf the Dormition of the Theotokos in Kaftun, Northern Mount Lebanon, to summarise how the three languages: Greek, Syriac and Arabic were used all along in the Orthodox Chalcedonian Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East... The whole article (with illustrations) is available in pdf format [open pdf] 265KB You can use Acrobat Reader to read pdf files, available free from here: |
