The Fourth Book of Maccabees and Kindred Documents in Syriac

Originally published 1895, this book contains the Syriac texts of the Book of IV Maccabees from the Apocrypha.

R. L. Bensly (Edited by), W. E. Barnes (Translated by)

9781107624122, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 2014

230 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.34 kg

Originally published 1895, this book contains the Syriac texts of the Book of IV Maccabees from the Apocrypha, as well as other Syriac documents on the same theme. It was compiled by R. L. Bensly, a highly respected biblical scholar and a member of the committee that translated the English Revised Version of the Bible in the late nineteenth century, and edited after his death by fellow scholar W. E. Barnes. Barnes provides a translation of those texts that do not exist in ancient Greek, in addition to an introduction on the various forms of the text and their relationship to earlier accounts of the same incident. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in biblical history or Syriac.

Introduction: IV Maccabees
Other documents
Emendations for the Syriac text
Translations: Mêmra of Mar Severa
Story of Maryam
Madrasha of Ephrem
Mêmra by an unknown hand
Index of Syriac words
Syriac texts.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]