Greek translation of Jerome's Life of *Paul of Thebes (the First Anchorite, S00089), of uncertain date. Skeleton entry
Evidence ID
E07143
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Lives
Major author/Major anonymous work
Jerome of Stridon
Jerome of Stridon, Life of Paul the Hermit, Greek version (CPG 3636, BHG 1466-1467b)
On the original text, see E00750.
Non Liturgical ActivityComposing and translating saint-related texts
Composing and translating saint-related texts
Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts
Source
For the manuscript tradition, see:https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/13413/
Discussion
The text survives in four versions, the first of which (version a, BHG 1466) is a nearly literal translation of Jerome's text. There is no evidence as to who may have produced this translation.Bibliography
Text:Bidez, J., Deux versions grecques inédites de la vie de Paul de Thèbes (Paris, 1900), with French translation.
Tubbs Correy, K. "The Greek Versions of Jerome's Vita Sancti Pauli," in W.A. Oldfather (ed.), Studies in the Text Tradition of St. Jerome’s Vitae Patrum (Urbana, 1943), 143-250.
Record Created By
Efthymios Rizos
Date of Entry
14/12/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00089 | Paul, the First Anchorite | Παῦλος | Certain |
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