Standard abbreviation: Hom. Dorm. Vir. Copt.
Other titles: none
Clavis numbers: ECCA 128
Category: Dormition Accounts
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Compiled by Tony Burke, York University
Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style): Burke, Tony. “Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin (Coptic Fragments).” e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR. https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/homily-on-the-dormition-of-the-virgin-coptic-fragments/.
Created November 2024.
1. SUMMARY
Named Historical Figures and Characters: Abraham (patriarch), Adam (patriarch), Alexander (disciple), Andrew (apostle), Barabbas, Daniel (prophet), daughter of Jairus, David (king), Evodius (of Rome), Ezekiel (prophet), Gabriel (angel), Herod (the Great), Hilkiah (father of Susanna), “Holy Members” (the Apostles), Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Joakim (husband of Susanna), Joanna, John (son of Zebedee), Judas Iscariot, Lazarus, Magi, Mary (Virgin), Michael (angel), Peter (apostle), Pontius Pilate, Rufus (Andrew’s disciple), Salome (disciple), Satan, Solomon (king), Susanna.
Geographical Locations: Amente, Egypt, hell, Jerusalem, Judea, paradise, Rome, Sea of Tiberias, Valley of Jehoshaphat/Josaphat.
2. RESOURCES
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Coptic
MONB.OO (PAThs)
pp. 9[9]–100: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K7589 ~ ONB
pp. 103–104: Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Ms. Or. fol. 1350, f. 3
pp. ?–?: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K9220 ~ ONB
Förster, Hans. Transitus Mariae. Beiträge zur koptischen Überlieferung. Mit einen Edition von P. Vindob. K 7589, Cambridge Add 1876 8 und Paris BN Copte 12917 ff. 28 und 29. GCS, 14. Neutestamentliche Apockryphen 2. Berlin – New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2006 (edition and German translation of the Austria fragment).
Hoehne, Gerhard. “Drei koptisch-sahidische Texte aus der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin.” Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache 52 (1915): 119–18 (edition of the Berlin fragment, pp. 126–28).
*Wessely, Carl. Griechische und koptische Texte theologischen Inhalts. 5 vols. Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde 9, 11–12, 15, 18. Leipzig: Avenarius, 1909–1917 (edition of Vienna K9400, vol. 4, pp. 123–40).
3.2 Modern Translations
3.2.1 German
3.3 General Works
Norelli, Enrico. “Maria nella letteratura apocrifa cristiana antica.” Pages 143–254 in Storia della Mariologia. Vol. 1: Dal modello biblico al modello letterario. Edited by E. Dal Covolo and A. Serra. Rome: Città Nuova, 2009 (pp. 249ff.).
Suciu, Alin. “Notes Concerning Some Coptic Fragments Relating to Mary the Mother of Jesus.” Teologinen Aikakauskirja 117 (2012): 198–201.