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Titi Bostrensis Contra Manichaeos Libri iv Graece et Syriace , written by Titus

Titi Bostrensis Contra Manichaeos Libri iv Graece et Syriace , written by Titus Titi Bostrensis Contra Manichaeos Libri iv Graece et Syriace . Textum graecum librorum i - iii , 30 A edidit Agathe Roman adiuvante Thomas S. Schmidt. Textum syriacum ediderunt Paul-Hubert Poirier et Éric Crégheur. Excerpta e Sacris Parallelis Iohanni Damasceno attributis edidit José Declerck (Corpus Christianorum, Series Graeca 82), Turnhout: Brepols Publishers 2013, clvi + 428 pp., isbn 978-2-503-54414-4, € 350 (hb). Titus was a metropolitan bishop of Bostra, provincial capital of Roman Arabia, who completed his lengthy treatise Contra Manichaeos in four λóγοι or books shortly after 363. While only about half of the Greek original has been preserved, the whole treatise came down to us in an ancient Syriac translation, and despite of everything this is in a much better state of preservation than is the case with many other Patristic works where we often have only the title or a handful of citations. It is therefore strange that we had to wait until 2013 for an edition of all the Greek and Syriac texts, based on the medieval manuscripts. It is gratifying and laudable that Paul-Hubert Poirier has collected a team which at last has been able to publish this edition. Until now there have http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

Titi Bostrensis Contra Manichaeos Libri iv Graece et Syriace , written by Titus

Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 69 (5): 571 – Oct 28, 2015

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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews
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0042-6032
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1570-0720
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10.1163/15700720-12341245
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Titi Bostrensis Contra Manichaeos Libri iv Graece et Syriace . Textum graecum librorum i - iii , 30 A edidit Agathe Roman adiuvante Thomas S. Schmidt. Textum syriacum ediderunt Paul-Hubert Poirier et Éric Crégheur. Excerpta e Sacris Parallelis Iohanni Damasceno attributis edidit José Declerck (Corpus Christianorum, Series Graeca 82), Turnhout: Brepols Publishers 2013, clvi + 428 pp., isbn 978-2-503-54414-4, € 350 (hb). Titus was a metropolitan bishop of Bostra, provincial capital of Roman Arabia, who completed his lengthy treatise Contra Manichaeos in four λóγοι or books shortly after 363. While only about half of the Greek original has been preserved, the whole treatise came down to us in an ancient Syriac translation, and despite of everything this is in a much better state of preservation than is the case with many other Patristic works where we often have only the title or a handful of citations. It is therefore strange that we had to wait until 2013 for an edition of all the Greek and Syriac texts, based on the medieval manuscripts. It is gratifying and laudable that Paul-Hubert Poirier has collected a team which at last has been able to publish this edition. Until now there have

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Published: Oct 28, 2015

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