Pauline Epistles in Arabic

Vevian Zaki, Ph.D. (2019), Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, is a Cataloger of Arabic manuscripts at Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, SJU, MN, USA, and a Visiting Researcher at the History Faculty, Oxford University. She has published on the Arabic Bible and manuscripts of St. Catherine’s Monastery (Sinai, Egypt), including an article in the Journal of Islamic Manuscripts (Brill, 2020).

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviations1 Introduction1 Definitions2 The Frame of Reference3 Sources, Scope, and Limitations4 History of Research5 Outline of the Present Work6 Transcription and Translation Conventionspart 1: The Classification of the Versions of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic2 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Greek Origin1 ArabGr12 ArabGr23 ArabGr34 ArabGr45 Concluding Remarks on the Greek-Based Versions3 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Syriac Origin1 ArabSyr12 ArabSyr23 ArabSyr34 ArabSyr45 ArabSyr56 Concluding Remarks on Peshitta-Based Versions4 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Coptic Origin1 The Arabic Bible Translations in the Coptic Church2 Dependence on ArabSyr3 in the Coptic-Based PEA3 Features of the Coptic-Based PEA4 Variant Readings in the Coptic-Based PEA5 ArabCopt16 ArabCopt27 ArabCopt38 Concluding Remarks on the Coptic-Based Versions5 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Latin Origin1 ArabLat16 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic from Unidentified Origins1 ArabU17 Manuscripts and Versions of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic – Pulling Everything Together1 Introduction2 Manuscripts of the PEA3 Development of Versions of the PEA through the Centuries4 The Pauline Epistles as a Part of the Bible in Arabicpart 2: The Transmission of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic outside Their Communities8 The Muslim Reception of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic1 Introduction2 Versions of the PEA in Muslim Polemical Works3 Concluding Remarks on the PEA in Polemical Works9 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic in Europe (Sixteenth–Seventeenth Centuries)1 The Acquisition of Manuscripts of the PEA by Europeans2 European Scholarly Manuscripts of the PEA3 The Printed PEApart 3: Translation Strategies in the Pauline Epistles in Arabic: A Case Study of Philippians in MSS London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 1310 The Manuscripts, the Arabic Edition, and the English Translation1 Introduction2 The Epistle to the Philippians3 Description of the Manuscripts4 Strategy of the Edition5 The Edition11 Translation Strategies1 Introduction2 Strategies for Translating the Arabic Bible3 Strategies for Translating Philippians4 Concluding Remarks and Open Questions on L8612 and V1312 ConclusionsAppendicesAppendix A Inventory of ManuscriptsAppendix B Variant Readings in the Versions of the Pauline Epistles in ArabicAppendix C East and Non-East Syriac Readings in ArabSyr1 and ArabSyr2Appendix D Quotations of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic in Islamic Polemical WorksAppendix E The Formal Arabic Text of the Epistle to the Philippians in MSS London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13BibliographyIndex of Names and SubjectsIndex of Biblical and Qurʾanic ReferencesIndex of Manuscripts