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Les origines de l’église d’Édesse et la légende d’Abgar

Étude critique suivie de deux textes orientaux inédits


This volume is a study of the origins of Christianity in Edessa, covering the question from both a historical and a legendary perspective, including the Doctrine of Addai.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61719-180-0
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Jul 12,2011
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 203
Language: French
ISBN: 978-1-61719-180-0
$134.00

Tixeront, author of a well known patrology (French, then translated into English), in this volume studies the origins of Christianity in Edessa. The initial chapters cover the question from both a historical and a legendary perspective, and then Tixeront turns specifically to an analysis of the so-called Doctrine of Addai. He examines the origin, historical value, and significance of the legend. An appendix is focused on “the invention of the true Cross” and the Protonice legend, which are closely associated with Christianity in Edessa. The book concludes with three texts of the correspondence between Jesus and Edessa’s King Abgar, first in Greek, from a papyrus of El-Fayyum, then a previously unedited Syriac text from a Paris manuscript, and finally a previously unedited Arabic text from a Vatican manuscript, which is also here translated into French. Every reader interested in early Syriac Christianity and Syriac literature will welcome the reappearance of this study.

Tixeront, author of a well known patrology (French, then translated into English), in this volume studies the origins of Christianity in Edessa. The initial chapters cover the question from both a historical and a legendary perspective, and then Tixeront turns specifically to an analysis of the so-called Doctrine of Addai. He examines the origin, historical value, and significance of the legend. An appendix is focused on “the invention of the true Cross” and the Protonice legend, which are closely associated with Christianity in Edessa. The book concludes with three texts of the correspondence between Jesus and Edessa’s King Abgar, first in Greek, from a papyrus of El-Fayyum, then a previously unedited Syriac text from a Paris manuscript, and finally a previously unedited Arabic text from a Vatican manuscript, which is also here translated into French. Every reader interested in early Syriac Christianity and Syriac literature will welcome the reappearance of this study.

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L.-J. Tixeront

  • Series Foreword (page 5)
  • LES ORIGINES DE L'EGLISE D'EDESSE ET LA LEGENDE D'ABGAR (page 7)
  • CHAPITRE I : LES ORIGINES DE L'EGLISE D'EDSSE DANS L'HISTOIRE (page 9)
  • CHAPITRE II : LES ORIGINES DE L'EGLISE D'EDESSE DANS LA LEGENDE (page 20)
  • CHAPITRE III : LE PLUS ANCIEN TEXTE DE LA LEGENDE DATE DE LA DOCTRINE D'ADDAI (page 81)
  • CHAPITRE IV : LA VALEUR HISTORIQUE DE LA LEGENDE (page 136)
  • CHAPITRE V : L'ORIGINE ET LA SIGNIFICATION DE LA LEGENDE (page 154)
  • APPENDICE (page 161)
  • CHAPITRE I : LES RECITS ET LES LEGENDES SUR L'INVENTION DE LA VRAIE CROIX LE FAIT (page 163)
  • CHAPITRE II : LA LEGENDE PROTONICE (page 176)
  • TEXTES (page 192)
  • TABLE DES MATIERES (page 203)
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