Sextus, Sentences of
Sextus, Sentences of
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Sextus, Sentences of
《塞克斯都箴言》(Sentences of Sextus)
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A Greek collection of ethical sayings dating from the 2nd cent., and probably of Christian authorship; the Syriac version was popular in monastic circles.
一部成书于公元 2 世纪 (2nd cent.) 的希腊语伦理格言集，可能出自基督教作者之手；其叙利亚语译本在修道界颇为流行。
A Greek collection of ethical sayings dating from the 2nd cent., and probably of Christian authorship (though this has been disputed); Sextus, to whom the original collection of 451 sayings is attributed, is otherwise unknown. The sayings already enjoyed great popularity in Origen’s day and were subsequently translated into Latin, Syriac, and Armenian. In the Syriac translation, preserved in a considerable number of mss. from the 6th cent. onwards, the Sextus is wrongly identified as ‘Xystos, bp. of Rome’ (i.e., Sixtus II, 257–8; thus also Rufinus). The sayings were particularly appreciated in monastic circles, and in modern times they have been reproduced in part in Qolo Suryoyo 129–32 (2001–2).
一部源自 2 世纪 (2nd cent.) 的希腊语伦理格言集，可能出自基督教作者之手（尽管这一点存在争议）；塞克斯都 (Sextus) 被归为原有 451 条格言集的作者，但除此之外人们对他的其他情况一无所知。这些格言在奥利金 (Origen) 时代已广受欢迎，随后被翻译成拉丁语、叙利亚语和亚美尼亚语。在叙利亚语译本中（保存于大量 6 世纪 (6th cent.) 及以后的手稿 (mss.) 中），塞克斯都 (Sextus) 被错误地认定为“罗马 (Rome) 主教 (bp.) 克西斯托斯 (Xystos)“（即西克斯图斯二世 (Sixtus II)，257–8 年；鲁菲努斯 (Rufinus) 亦如此）。这些格言在修道圈中尤其受到重视，现代部分重刊于《叙利亚语之声》(Qolo Suryoyo) 129–32 (2001–2)。
References
H. Chadwick, The Sentences of Sextus (1959). (with Greek and Latin texts)
P. de Lagarde, Analecta Syriaca (1858, repr. 1967), iii–xi (collations), 2–31 (text).
V. Ryssel, ‘Die syrische Übersetzung der Sextussentenzen’, Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie 38 (1895), 617–30; 39 (1896), 568–624; 40 (1897), 131–49. (with GT)
Citation
Sebastian P. Brock. 2011. “Sextus, Sentences of.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Sextus-Sentences-of.