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

该项目的目的是(1)准备一个阿拉伯文版本的“Vita Sinuthii”的关键版本，有德语翻译；(2)分析阿拉伯文文本的语文和方面的内容；(3)调查该文本的关系，以了解有关希努特的传统，这是由一些相关的萨希迪克-科普特片段所证明；(4)检查申努特的代表，因为它在其他科普特和科普-阿拉伯来源的接受框架内，无疑是最重要的科普特作家的晚期古埃及。年轻时，他在上埃及Atripe附近的一座修道院里过上了修道院的生活。后来，他成为了三座修道院的住持：两座是男性修道院，现在又与僧侣一起居住，还有一座是女性修道院，现在已经不存在了。此外，谢努特是一位雄辩的传教士和多产的作家。他写了九卷《经典》、八卷《论述》和许多书信。不幸的是，他的文学语料库只剩下我们零碎的部分。希努特的圣徒传记，所谓的Vita Sinuthii，除了萨希迪亚科普特人的片段外，还完整地保存在博海里克科普特语、阿拉伯语、埃塞俄比亚语和叙利亚语中。Vita Sinuthii的每一个版本都反映了它自己的传输历史。它们在长度上也各不相同。在这些版本中，阿拉伯语具有特殊的地位。这是迄今为止最长的版本，因此也是更详细的版本。不同版本之间的关系尚不清楚。学者们以不同的方式评价了阿拉伯语版本的特殊地位。然而，最近对萨希德文本，包括新出版的片段的研究，有利于恢复阿拉伯语版本的重要性。阿拉伯语版本的Vita Sinuthii于1888年由埃迈勒·阿梅利诺编辑，有法语翻译。然而，他的文本并不是批判性的版本，翻译也不准确。因此，阿梅利诺的工作经常受到批评，只有在有保留的情况下才会被引用。此外，Amélinau的文本仅基于四份手稿，由于缺乏有意义的信息，无法清楚地识别这些手稿。出于这些原因，迫切需要以尽可能多的手稿为基础的批判性版本和准确的翻译。根据目前的研究状况，存在着二十多份阿拉伯语《维塔·辛努蒂伊》的手稿。新版还将考虑到科普特版本，特别是萨希德片段，以及谢努特自己的著作。这一新版将有助于跟踪阿拉伯文版本的发展及其编校历史，并有助于澄清阿拉伯文版本和科普特版本之间的关系，特别是萨希德文本。

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.