Homilia Zachariae Catholici
Standard abbreviation: Hom. Dorm. Vir.
Other designations: AM 5 in van Esbroeck’s classification of Dormition traditions
Clavis numbers: CANT 166; ECCA 271
Category: Dormition Accounts
Related literature:
Compiled by Tony Burke, York University
Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style): Burke, Tony. “Homily on the Dormition, by Zachariah the Catholicos.” e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR. https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/homily-on-the-dormition-of-the-virgin-by-zachariah-the-catholicos/
Created October 2024.
1. SUMMARY
Named Historical Figures and Characters: Daniel, David (king), Dionysius the Areopagite, Elijah, Enoch, Gabriel (angel), Habakkuk, Hierotheos, James (the Righteous), Mary (Virgin), Moses (patriarch), Peter (apostle), Simeon, Timothy
Geographical Locations: Egypt, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Kedron Valley, Sion, temple (Jerusalem)
2. RESOURCES
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Armenian
Yerevan 1007, fols. 428-439
Esbroeck, Michel van, ‘L’homélie …… …….., ses attributs et sa métamorphose’, Hask ns 6 (1994): 47–66.
Dasnabedian, Thamar, ‘Une homélie arménienne sur le transitus de la Mère de Dieu et sur son image’, Bazmavep, 1–4 (1992), 217–35; repr. in La Mère de Dieu: Études sur l’Assomption et sur l’image de la très-sainte Mère de Dieu (Antelias: Catholicossat Armenien de Cilicie, 1995), 73–102 (French translation of a closely related version that has combined the traditions of AM 3 and AM 4).
3.2 Modern Translations
3.2.1 English
3.3 General Works
3.3.1 Dormition Narratives
Esbroeck, Michel van. “Les textes litteraires sur l’Assomption avant le Xe siècle.” Pages 265–85 in Les actes apocryphes des apôtres. Edited by François Bovon. Publications de la faculte de theologie de l’Universite de Geneve 4. Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1981.
McNamara, Martin. “Transitus Mariae: General Introduction.” Pages 225–44 in Apocrypha Hiberniae II. Apocalyptica 2. Edited by Martin McNamara et al. CCSA 21. Turnhout: Brepols, 2019.
Mimouni, Simon. Dormition et assumption de Marie: Histoire des traditions anciennnes. Paris: Beauchesne, 1995.
__________. Les traditions anciennes sur la Dormition et l’Assomption de Marie: Études littéraires, historiques et doctrinales. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 104. Leiden: Brill, 2011.
Shoemaker, Stephen J. Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary’s Dormition and Assumption. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
__________. Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016.
Wenger, Antoine. L’Assomption de la T.S. Vierge dans la tradition byzantine du VIe au Xe siècle. Études et documents. Archives de l’Orient chrétien 5. Paris: Institut français d’études byzantines, 1955.
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