Behnam and Sara (text) - ܒܗܢܡ ܘܣܪܐ
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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܗܿܘ ܕܡܬܦܫܩ ܫܡܐ ܕܟܘܢܝܗ ܐܝܟ ܕܡܢ ܠܫܢܐ ܦܪܣܝܐ ܘܠܫܢܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ ܫܦܝܪ ܫܡܐ. ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܟܘܠܠܐ ܕܢܨܚܢܘ̈ܗܝ
ܘܕܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܚܒܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܟ̈ܢܘܬܗ ܒܫܢܬ ܫܬܡܐܐ ܘܫܬܝܢ ܘܬܠܬ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܘܣ: ܒܝܘ̈ܡܝ ܝܘܠܝܢܘܣ ܡܠܟܐ
ܪܫܝܥܐ.”
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“Son nom se traduit de perse en araméen “au beau nom”. Le couronnement de ses hauts
faits et des martyrs ses amis et ses compagnons eut lieu en l’an 663 d’Alexandre,
aux jours de Julien, l’empereur impie.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܟܘܠܠܗ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܒܗܢܡ ܘܕܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܢܨܝ̈ܚܐ ܚܒܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܒܥܣܪܐ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܒܟܢܘܢ ܩܕܡ. ܘܗܐ ܪܕܝܢ
ܡܢ ܓܪ̈ܡܝܗܘܢ ܥܘܕܪ̈ܢܐ ܠܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܡܬܓܘܣܝܢ ܒܣܝܡܬ ܓܪ̈ܡܝܗܘܢ: ܕܒܨ̈ܠܘܬܗܘܢ... ܐܝܢ
ܘܐܡܝܢ.”
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“Mais le couronnement de saint Mâr Behnam et de ses illustres compagnons martyrs eut
lieu le dix décembre. Et voici que s’écoulent de leurs os des bienfaits pour tous
ceux qui se réfugient avec foi auprès de leur châsse; que par leurs prières… Oui et
amen.”
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Editions
Paulus Bedjan, Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890-1897), vol: 2, : p. 397-441.
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
(Edition from manuscript witness 1. See below.)
I. E. Rahmani, Tešʿīṯā d-neṣḥānaw(hy) d-qadīšā w-sāhdā mār(y) Bēhnām wa-ḏ-Sarā ḥāṯēh (Sharfé, 1908)., : Sharfé, 1908, p. 3-38.
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 16. See below.)
(Edition from manuscript witnesses , 16. See below.)Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, syr. 75 (Sachau 222), f. 147-167 + collation de
mss du Vatican
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 621 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences,
cod. 212 Vosté), cah. 10, p. 9 - cah. 12, p. 8
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 622, f. 142-152
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 628 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences,
cod. 214 Vosté), cah. 19, p. 8 - cah. 21, p. 20
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 630 (olim Alqosh, Monastère N.-D. des Semences,
cod. 217 Vosté), cah. 10, p. 16 - cah. 13, p. 7
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ms Dawra, Monastère chaldéen, cod. 637
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ms Vatican, Borg. Syr. 91, f. 7-22
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ms Londres, British Library, Rich. 7200, f. 94v-101v
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ms Londres, British Library, Or. 4404, f. 26-46v
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mss Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 295, f. 10-42v
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mss Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 326, f. 91-126
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mss Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, syr. 303
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ms Saint-Pétersbourg, Académie des Sciences, Institut d’Études orientales, Fonds Diettrich
cod. d (Pigulevskaya 50), f. 85v-113
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ms Birmingham, Selly Oak College Library, Coll. Mingana, Syr. 598, f. 104-125
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ms Qarahqosh, Église syrienne orthodoxe Mâr Giwargis (?), cod. 47 (histoire)
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The manuscript witnesses for edition 2 are undetermined.
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Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 65.
- 2 Johann Georg Ernst Hoffmann, Auszüge aus syrischen Akten persischer Märtyrer übersetzt und durch Untersuchungen
zur historischen Topographie erläutert, Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 7.3 (Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1880), pp: 175-179.
- 3 Jean-Maurice Fiey, "L’apport de Mgr Addaï Scher (†1915) à l’hagiographie orientale." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 83 (1965), pp: 121-142.
- 4 Paul Devos, "Les martyrs persans à travers leurs actes syriaques." in Atti del Convegno sul tema: La Persia e il mondo greco-romano (Roma 11–14 aprile 1965), Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 363, Problemi attuali di scienza e di cultura 76 (Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1966), pp: 213-225.
- 5 Gernot Wiessner, "Christlicher Heiligenkult im Umkreis eines sassanidischen Großkönigs." in Wilhelm Eilers (ed.), Festgabe deutscher Iranisten zur 2500 Jahrfeier Irans (Stuttgart: Höchwacht Druck, 1971)., pp: 141-155.
- 6 Gernot Wiessner, "Die Behnām-Legende." in Gernot Wiessner (ed.), Synkretismusforschung: Theorie und Praxis I, Göttinger Orientforschungen: Reihe Grundlagen und Ergebnisse 1 (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1978), pp: 119-133.
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- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne