Patristic Literature in Arabic Translations

Barbara Roggema, Ph.D. (2007, University of Groningen), is a specialist in the history of Jewish-Christian-Muslim interaction in the medieval Middle East. She is research fellow in the ERC-project “Jewish and Christians in the East: Strategies of Interaction between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean” (Ruhr-Universität Bochum).Alexander Treiger, Ph.D. (2008, Yale University), is Associate Professor at Dalhousie University. He is editor of the series “Arabic Christianity: Texts and Studies” (Brill) and co-editor of The Orthodox Church in the Arab World (700-1700): An Anthology of Sources (2014) and Heirs of the Apostles: Studies on Arabic Christianity in Honor of Sidney H. Griffith (2019).

• PrefaceAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAlexander Treiger and Barbara Roggema1 The Integral Arabic Translation of Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria’s Quaestiones ad Antiochum DucemBarbara Roggema2 Patristique et hagiographie palestino-sinaïtique des monastères melkites (IXe-Xe siècles)Tamara Pataridze3 Diversity in the Christian Arabic Reception of Jacob of Serugh (d. 521)Aaron Michael Butts4 The Arabic Lives of John of DaylamJonas Karlsson5 Some Notes on Antonios and His Arabic Translations of John of DamascusHabib Ibrahim6 Ibrāhīm ibn Yūḥannā and the Translation Projects of Byzantine AntiochJoshua Mugler7 A Re-translation of Basil’s Hexaemeral Homilies by ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of AntiochAlexandre Roberts8 Homiletic Translation in Byzantine Antioch: The Arabic Translation of a Marian Homily of Patriarch Germanos I of Constantinople by Yānī ibn al-Duks, Deacon of AntiochJoe Glynias9 L’ homélie arabe In Nativitatem Domini (CPG 4290) attribuée à Sévérien de Gabala : Édition, traduction françaiseSergey Kim10 The Noetic Paradise (al-Firdaws al-ʿaqlī): Chapter XXIVAlexander TreigerA Bibliographical Guide to Arabic Patristic Translations and Related TextsIndex of Patristic TextsIndex of ManuscriptsIndex of Names, Subjects, and Terms

"One is struck by the breadth of material that is covered in this collection, which includes apologetical, homiletical, and hagiographic texts, a revealing sample of the words medieval Arabic Christians read. The number of homilies that were translated is especially noteworthy, as it shows a preoccupation with texts intended for devotional reading. [...] [This book] provides a valuable contribution to scholarly understanding of medieval Arabic Christianity, and sheds new light on the theology and spirituality of Christians living in Arabic-speaking regions." - J. Luis Dizon, in Logos. A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 63.1-4 (2022), 290-294