학술논문
The Syriac Aḥiqar, Its Slavonic Version, and the Relics of the Three Youths in Babylon
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Slovene, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 64-117 (2013)
Subject
Language
Bulgarian
German
English
Croatian
Russian
German
English
Croatian
Russian
ISSN
2304-0785
2305-6754
2305-6754
Abstract
The author argues that the earliest recension of the Slavonic Aḥiqar (Povestʹ ob Akire Premudrom) was produced in Bulgaria as a direct translation from Syriac, whereas the original Christian (Syriac) recension was created in the Syriac-speaking anti-Chalcedonian milieu within the Sassanid Iranian Empire in the late fifth century; in this latter context, it originated as a hagiographic legend inaugurating a new cult directed against the pro-Chalcedonian Ctesiphon cult of the Three Youths in Babylon. This anti-Chalcedonian and anti-Byzantine work was never accepted in Byzantine culture.