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）编写一本有德文译本的阿拉伯文版《Vita Sinuthii》的评论版;（2）从语言学和内容方面分析阿拉伯文文本;（3）调查该文本与一些相关的Sahidic-Coptic碎片所证实的关于Shenoute的传统的关系;及（4）审查代表性的Shenoute，因为它出现在其他科普特和科普托-阿拉伯语来源的框架内，他的维塔接待。347-465）无疑是最重要的科普特作家晚古埃及。作为一个年轻的人，他加入了修道院的生活在修道院附近的Atripe在上埃及。后来，他成为三个修道院的院长：两个男人，这是居住在现在再次与僧侣，和一个修道院的妇女，这是不存在了。此外，Shenoute是一个雄辩的传教士和多产的作家。他写了九卷的大炮，八卷的话语和许多信件。不幸的是，他的文学语料库已下降到我们只有fragmentarily。一个hagiographic传记Shenoute，所谓的维塔Sinuthii，是保存完整的在Bohairic科普特语，阿拉伯语，希伯来语和叙利亚文，除了Sahidic科普特片段。每一个版本的《西努蒂生活》都反映了它自己的传播历史。它们在长度上也各不相同。在这些版本中，阿拉伯语有一个特殊的地位。这是迄今为止最长的，因此更详细的版本。各种版本之间的关系尚不清楚。学者们对阿拉伯文译本的特殊地位有不同的评价。然而，最近对Sahidic文本的研究，包括新出版的片段，有利于恢复阿拉伯语版本的重要性。Vita Sinuthii的阿拉伯语版本于1888年由Émile Amélineau编辑，法语翻译。然而，他的文本不是一个关键的版本，翻译是不准确的。因此，阿梅利诺的工作经常受到批评和引用只有保留。此外，阿梅利诺的文本仅基于四份手稿，由于缺乏有意义的信息而无法明确识别。由于这些原因，迫切需要一个关键的版本，这应该是基于尽可能多的手稿，并准确的翻译。根据目前的研究状况，有超过20个阿拉伯语维塔Sinuthii手稿。新版将考虑到科普特版本，特别是Sahidic片段，以及Shenoute自己的著作。这个新版本将有助于追踪阿拉伯文版本的发展及其编辑历史，并澄清阿拉伯文版本和科普特文版本之间的关系，特别是Sahidic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.