English
This paper offers for the first time an edition of all the preserved fragments of the Coptic text of Severus of Antioch’s «Cathedral Homily LX» in honour of the prophet Elijah the Thezbite. After a brief introduction in which the author describes the manuscript tradition, the linguistic features and the content of this Coptic text, as well as gives the comparative study between the Coptic and Syriac translations and the guidelines of this edition, the author offers the first complete edition of the Coptic text, based on the only manuscript of the White Monastery preserved in three European libraries. This edition is also accompanied by a Russian translation of this text.
Faculty
Faculté de théologie
Department
Département de Patristique et d'Histoire de l'Eglise