Thoughts on Antiquity

The Chronicle of Eusebius ended with the Vicennalia of Constantine; that is clear from Jerome’s translation/expansion of it in Latin. From Michael the Syrian we learn that Jacob of Edessa commenced his Syriac continuation at the same point.
Looking at Michael’s text, it is clear that the Testimonium Flavianum quoted in it comes from the […]

I got this NY times article from the Hugoye-list:

Library Repair Causes a Plea to the Pope
ROME, June 21 — Normally a sanctuary of scholarly meditation, the Vatican Library has been the scene of unusually hectic activity lately, as word has spread that it will close in July for a three-year renovation.
Since the Vatican announced the […]

This post is part 7 of my series on ancient canonical lists.
Cyril was bishop of Jerusalem and at the center of several Christian controversies in the middle of century IV (refer to his Catholic Encyclopedia entry for a brief overview). But our interest is in the canonical list that he drew up in 4.36 of […]

I guess they don’t count words in other languages, else I would have been doomed by the words on Catullus 16!
Hat tip to Duane Smith.

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Today I was able to see the complete edition of Michael the Syrian by J.B.Chabot at Cambridge University Library.  It consists of 4 volumes.  There is an introductory volume, containing an introduction about Michael and his works, and the index for the whole Chronicle.  This is labelled volume 1; confusingly so is the next volume, […]

Stephen C. Carlson kindly drew my attention to this blog post  at the Amsterdam NT Blog which explains why none of us can see anything on the much vaunted Microsoft rival to Google books.  Apparently only people whose browser language is set to ‘eng-us’ can see anything.   I customised my copy of Firefox to do […]

During my recent perusal of Old Church Slavonic sources relevant to biblical studies I have become shocked by the lack of attention that they have received, especially among scholars of the Old Testament. For New Testament studies, of course, there has been a modicum of attention paid to them, but even here, the latest edition […]

In the 10th century world Chronicle of Michael the Syrian, there is a quotation from Phlegon (see Ben C. Smith’s page).  This is quoted in French by Shlomo Pines from J.B.Chabot’s edition and translation.   I thought that it might be interesting to obtain the Syriac and transcribe and translate it directly myself. 
I was advised that the […]

Here’s the Yahoo article, and here’s the website.

ROME - Computer experts on Monday unveiled a digital reproduction of ancient Rome as it appeared at the peak of its power in A.D. 320 — what they called the largest and most complete simulation of a historic city ever created.
Visitors to virtual Rome will be able to […]