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Legends of Eastern Saints

Chiefly from Eastern Sources


In this GP edition, scholars and students will find Wensinck’s collection of texts from Ethiopic, Arabic, Syriac, and Karshuni manuscripts, as well as English translations of the legends of Archelides and Hilaria, assembled in one volume.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 1-59333-243-2
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Jul 8,2005
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 388
ISBN: 1-59333-243-2
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Originally published in two volumes in 1911 and 1913, A. J. Wensinck’s Legends of Eastern Saints contains a variety of hagiographic texts and translations concerning two popular Oriental saints. In this Gorgias Press edition, scholars and students will find Wensinck’s collection of texts from Ethiopic, Arabic, Syriac, and Karshuni manuscripts, and his English translations of the legends of Archelides and Hilaria assembled in one volume.

Originally published in two volumes in 1911 and 1913, A. J. Wensinck’s Legends of Eastern Saints contains a variety of hagiographic texts and translations concerning two popular Oriental saints. In this Gorgias Press edition, scholars and students will find Wensinck’s collection of texts from Ethiopic, Arabic, Syriac, and Karshuni manuscripts, and his English translations of the legends of Archelides and Hilaria assembled in one volume.

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A. J.Wensinck

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Glossary of Arabic Words
  • Translation of Syriac Text
  • Aethiopic Text
  • Arabic Text
  • Syriac Text
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