History of the patriarchs of Alexandria

Title(s):
  • History of the patriarchs of Alexandria
  • سير البيعة المقدسة
    (siyar al-bīʻa al-muqaddasa, Lives of the Holy Church)
  • Historia patriarcharum Alexandrinorum Jacobitorum
    (Historia patriarcharum Alexandrinorum Jacobitorum, History of the Jacobite patriarchs of Alexandria)
Period covered:
1st-13th c.
Language:
Arabic
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Biography (general)
Remarks:
The text has been transmitted in various recensions: only the Pseudo-Vulgate has been fully edited. The ancient (or primitive) recension is closer to the Coptic sources used in the process of compilation and has not yet been published.
Edition - Translation:
  • B.T.A. Evetts (1915) History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria: Mennas I to Joseph (Patrologia Orientalis, 10.5). Paris.
  • B.T.A. Evetts (1910) History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria: Agathon to Michael I (Patrologia Orientalis, 5.1). Paris.
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Bibliography:
  • J. Den Heijer (1989) Mawhūb ibn Manṣūr ibn Mufarrij et l'historiographie copto-arabe: Études sur la composition de l'Histoire des patriarches d’Alexandrie (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium: Subsidia, 83). Leuven.
  • J. Den Heijer (1992) 'À propos de la traduction copte de l'Histoire ecclésiastique d'Eusèbe de Césarée: Nouvelles remarques sur les parties perdues'. In: Actes du IVe congrès international d'études coptes 2, ed. M. Rassart - J. Ries. Leuven: 185-193.
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  • J. Den Heijer, P. Pilette (2012) 'Transmission et diffusion de l'historiographie copto-arabe: Nouvelles remarques sur les recensions primitives et Vulgate de l'Histoire des patriarches d'Alexandrie'. In: Knowledge Transfer in the Mediterranean World, ed. S.J.P. Monferrer - T.S. Torallas (CNERU-CEDRAC: Series Syro-Arabica, 1). Madrid: 105-142.
  • P. Pilette (2013) 'L'Histoire des patriarches d'Alexandrie: Une nouvelle évaluation de la configuration du texte en recensions'. Le muséon 126.3-4: 419-450.