Chronicle (Known Also as the Chronicle of Zuqnin). Part III

192 Pages·1996·7.912 MB·English

by  Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Witold Witakowski (transl.)

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Translated Texts for Historians
Volume 22
Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre
Chronicle
(known also as the Chronicle of Zuqnin)
Part I11
Translated with notes and introduction by
WITOLD WITAKOWSKI
Liverpool
University
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First published 1996 by
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CONTENTS
Contents V
Acknowledgements v.i.i.
Bibliography and Abbreviations Vlll
Introduction xv
The Chronicle as a whole xvii
The Third Part xxv
The present translation xxx
TRANSLATION 1-129
[The accession of Anastasius]' 3
[Riot caused by the addition to the Trishagion] 7
[Severus elected patriarch of Antioch] 12
[The accession of Justin] 17
The persecution launched by Paul the Jew 22
The story of Paul of Edessa 25
The persecution of the Great Monastery of the
Orientals in Edessa 27
The Story of Mara, bishop of Amid 30
[The atrocities of Abraham Bar Kaili] 32
The persecutions of Ephrem the Amidene 37
[The flood at Edessa] 41
[The fifth earthquake in Antioch] 44
[The accession of Justinian] 50
[The christianization of the "Indians"] 50
The Letter of Simeon of Beth Arsham on the
martyrdom of the Himyarites 53
[The expedition of the Ethiopian king to Himyar] 63
[Various disasters] 64
[The sixth earthquake in Antioch] 67
[Manichaeans and pagans in Constantinople] 70
[The Book of the Plague] 74
Chapter 2 80
Chapter 3 84
Chapter 4 86
Chapter 5 93
[The afflictions of Amid and Mesopotamia] 102
[The Julianists] 108
[Flood, Montanists, Earthquakes] 112
'[Headings ill brackets do not appear in the text]
vi
[The revolt of Jews and Samiaritans] 1 I4
[The fire a: the temple in Balbek] 1 I6
[The collapse of the Great Church in Constantinople] 117
[The Fifth Ecumenical Council] 123
[Attempts at Church unification] 124
[Death of Justinian] 129
Index 131
Maps
1 The Near East 151
2 Syria and Mesopotamia 152
3 Constantinople and its Surroundings 153