Life and Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar: Introduction, Critical Edition and Translation

Product Description In the late 10th century, an anonymous author wrote the fictitious account of a religious dialogue between Archbishop Gregentios and the Jewish scribe Herban and included it in a life of Gregentios based on earlier sources, which indicate that he was a missionary in Yemen in pre-Islamic times. Albrecht Berger examines and translates these texts, and he presents a critical edition. Key Features first edition of a large proportion of the extant texts critical edition using all known manuscripts, including those which only recently have been discovered Review [...] eine hervorragende Publikation!Walter W. Müller in: Oriens Christianus 92/2008[...] this wonderful volume offers a new reliable critical basis, and is therefore an invaluable service, to all those - Ethiopicists included, and in the forefront - who will have to cope with the Gregentios dossier.Alessandro Bausi in: Aethiopica 11/2008 About the Author Albrecht Berger, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.