The Arabic Version of the Hagiographic Biography of the Coptic Saint Shenoute (Vita Sinuthii): Critical Edition, Translation and Studies

阿拉伯语版本的科普特圣人申努特 (Vita Sinuthii) 传记：评论版、翻译和研究

• 批准号: 399793570
• 负责人: Dr. Samuel Moawad
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/399793570?language=en
• 关键词: Arabic; Version; Hagiographic; Biography; Coptic

The aims of this project are (1) to prepare a critical edition of the Arabic version of the “Vita Sinuthii”, with German translation; (2) to analyze the Arabic text philologically and with regard to content; (3) to investigate the relationship of this text to the traditions about Shenoute that are attested by a number of related Sahidic-Coptic fragments; and (4) to examine the representation of Shenoute as it appears in other Coptic and Copto-Arabic sources in the framework of the reception of his Vita.Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 347–465) is doubtless the most important Coptic author of the Late Antique Egypt. As a young person he joined the monastic life in a monastery near Atripe in Upper Egypt. Later he became the abbot of three monasteries: two for men, which are inhabited now again with monks, and a convent for women, which does not exist anymore. Moreover, Shenoute was an eloquent preacher and a productive author. He wrote nine volumes of Canons, eight volumes of Discourses and many letters. Unfortunately his literary corpus has come down to us only fragmentarily.A hagiographic biography of Shenoute, the so-called Vita Sinuthii, is preserved completely in Bohairic Coptic, Arabic, Ethiopic and Syriac, in addition to Sahidic Coptic fragments. Every version of the Vita Sinuthii reflects its own transmissional history. They also differ from each other in length. Among these versions, the Arabic has a special status. It is by far the longst and therefore the more detailed version. The relationship of the various versions to each other is unclear. Scholars have evaluated the special status of the Arabic version in different ways. However, recent research on the Sahidic texts, including newly published fragments, speaks in favor of the rehabilitation of the importance of the Arabic version.The Arabic version of the Vita Sinuthii was edited in 1888 by Émile Amélineau with French translation. However, his text is not a critical edition, and the translation is not accurate. Therefore, Amélineau’s work has often been criticized and cited only with reservations. Moreover, Amélineau’s text is based on only four manuscripts, which cannot be clearly indentified for lack of meaningful information. For these reasons, there is a pressing need for a critical edition, which should be based on as many manuscripts as possible, and for an accurate translation. According to the current state of research, there exist more than twenty manuscripts of the Arabic Vita Sinuthii. The new edition will take into account also the Coptic versions, in particular the Sahidic fragments, as well as Shenoute’s own writings. This new edition will contribute to tracing the developement of the Arabic version and its history of redaction, and to clarifying the relationship between the Arabic version and the Coptic versions, in particular the Sahidic texts.

该项目的目的是（1）准备“ Vita Sinuthii”的阿拉伯语版本的关键版本，并由德语翻译； （2）在语言学上和内容上分析阿拉伯文本； （3）调查本文与有关Shenoute的传统的关系，这些传统由许多相关的sahidic-coptic碎片证明； （4）在接受他的vita的框架中，在其他科普特和科普 - 阿拉伯语来源中出现的Shenoute的表示。作为一个年轻人，他在上埃及的Attripe附近的修道院加入了修道院生活。后来，他成为了三个修道院的住持：两个男人现在再次与僧侣一起居住，还有一个不再存在的妇女修道院。此外，Shenoute是一位雄辩的传教士，也是一位富有成效的作家。他写了九册教规，八卷的话语和许多字母。不幸的是，他的文学语料库只落在了我们身上。 Vita Sinuthii的每个版本都反映了其自身的传输历史。它们的长度也彼此不同。在这些版本中，阿拉伯语具有特殊的地位。到目前为止，它是较长的版本，因此是更详细的版本。各种版本彼此之间的关系尚不清楚。学者以不同的方式评估了阿拉伯语版本的特殊状态。然而，关于萨希德语文本的最新研究，包括新出版的片段，都支持恢复阿拉伯语的重要性。埃米尔·阿米利（émileAmélineau）在1888年编辑了阿拉伯语版本的阿拉伯语版本。但是，他的文字不是关键版本，翻译不准确。因此，Amélineau的工作通常很关键，并且仅保留。此外，Amélineau的文字仅基于四个手稿，由于缺乏有意义的信息，这不能清楚地归咎于。由于这些原因，迫切需要关键版本，该版本应基于尽可能多的手稿，并进行准确的翻译。根据目前的研究状态，有二十多种阿拉伯Vita Sinuthii手稿。新版本还将考虑Coptic版本，尤其是Sahidic Fragments，以及Shenoute自己的著作。该新版本将有助于追踪阿拉伯版本的开发及其修订历史，并澄清阿拉伯版本与科普特版本（尤其是萨希迪语文本）之间的关系。