Syriac Miscellanies: Or Extracts Relating to the First and Second General Councils, and Various Other Quotations, Theological, Historical,& Classical; ... Imperial Library of Paris (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Cowper, B. H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331604621 ISBN 13: 9781331604624

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Syriac Miscellanies: Or Extracts Relating to the First and Second General Councils, and Various Other Quotations, Theological, Historical,& Classical; Translated Into English From Mss; In the British Museum and Imperial Library of Paris

As well as for the student of ancient geography. The fragments from Greek authors are obscure, and include some names with which I am otherwise unacquainted. Their chief interest arises from the fact that they clearly form part of some document of the nature of an apology, and are; therefore, in all probability, very ancient. It is well known that the apologists of the second and third centuries defended Christianity by ccpious citations from Pagan writers, and this is constructed on the same plan, as the conclusion shows. The extracts from Diocles may not be free from interpolation, but they claim to represent the first historian of Rome, a historian from whom, Plu tarch tells us, Fabius Pictor drew largely. As to the extracts from Christian authors, they are merely speci mens of thousands contained in the mss., and yet present some points of interest. The matters drawn from the old Syriac Chronicle may furnish the student of history with a few facts, and among them the list of the first successors of Mahomet is peculiarly interesting. This ms. Belongs to the 8th century, and 1s evidently a compilation from the Chronicle ascribed to Hippolytus, that of Eusebius, and others. The notice of two martyrologies is simply, intended to show that at a very early period the legends of superstition were not confined to the Western world.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331604621
• ISBN 13: 9781331604624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 125