Zacharias, Pseudo-
Zacharias, Pseudo-
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Zacharias, Pseudo-
伪扎卡里亚 (Pseudo-Zacharias)
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A 6th-cent. anonymous Syr. Orth. author, possibly a monk, who compiled a variety of sources into a chronicle in Syriac, including the 6th-cent. Ecclesiastical History of Zacharias Rhetor.
一位 6 世纪 (6th-cent.) 的匿名叙利亚正教 (Syr. Orth.) 作者，可能是一名修士，他将各种资料编纂成一部叙利亚语编年史，其中包括 6 世纪 (6th-cent.) 修辞学家扎卡里亚斯 (Zacharias Rhetor) 的《教会史》(Ecclesiastical History)。
A 6th-cent. anonymous Syr. Orth. author, possibly a monk, who compiled a variety of sources into a chronicle in Syriac, including the 6th-cent. Ecclesiastical History of Zacharias Rhetor bp. of Mitylene, who died after 536. Books I–II of Pseudo-Zacharias include among others the history of Joseph and Aseneth, the Acts of St. Silvester of Rome, and the Legend of the Sleepers of Ephesus. Books III–VI contain the Syriac translation of the Ecclesiastical History by Zacharias Rhetor. The reigns of Anastasius and Justin I are the subjects of Parts VII–VIII, while the reign of Justinian and Justin II up to the year 569 are the subjects of Parts IX–XII. The rest of the Chronicle to Book XII is fragmentary. The importance of this document resides in the fact that it deals with the later 5th and 6th cent., a time of intense christological controversies that divided Christianity into several denominations.
一位 6 世纪匿名的叙利亚正教 (Syr. Orth.) 作者，可能是一位修士，他将各种资料编纂成一部叙利亚语编年史，其中包括米提利尼 (Mitylene) 主教 (bp.) 修辞学家扎卡里亚斯 (Zacharias Rhetor) 的 6 世纪《教会史》(Ecclesiastical History)，后者卒于 536 年之后。伪扎卡里亚斯 (Pseudo-Zacharias) 的第一至二卷其中包括《约瑟和阿塞内特史》(History of Joseph and Aseneth)、《罗马圣西尔维斯特行传》(Acts of St. Silvester of Rome) 以及《以弗所七睡仙传说》(Legend of the Sleepers of Ephesus)。第三至六卷包含修辞学家扎卡里亚斯 (Zacharias Rhetor)《教会史》(Ecclesiastical History) 的叙利亚语译本。第七至八部分的主题是阿纳斯塔修斯 (Anastasius) 和查士丁一世 (Justin I) 的统治时期，而第九至十二部分的主题是查士丁尼 (Justinian) 和查士丁二世 (Justin II) 直至 569 年的统治时期。该《编年史》(Chronicle) 至第十二卷的其余部分残缺不全。这份文献的重要性在于它涉及 5 世纪后期和 6 世纪的历史，那是一个基督论 (christological) 争议激烈的时期，将基督教分裂为几个教派。
References
K. Ahrens and G. Krüger, Die sogenannte Kirchengeschichte des Zacharias Rhetor (1899). (GT)
E. W. Brooks, Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae Rhetori vulgo adscripta (CSCO 83–84, 87–88; 1919–1924). (Syr. with LT)
G. Greatrex, ‘Le pseudo-Zacharie de Mytilène et l’historiographie syriaque au sixième siècle’, in L’Historiographie syriaque, ed. M. Debié (ÉtSyr 6; 2009), 33–55.
G. Greatrex and R. Phenix, The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor (TTH 55; 2011). (ET of Books III–XII; incl. further references)
F. J. Hamilton and E. W. Brooks, The Syriac Chronicle Known as that of Zachariah of Mitylene (1899). (ET)
Citation
Amir Harrak. 2011. “Zacharias, Pseudo-.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Zacharias-Pseudo-.