History of the Rechabites

Current State of the OCP Text

Versions of the History of the Rechabites (also known as The Story of Zosimus) are extant in several languages, including Greek, Syriac, Ethiopic, Slavonic and Arabic. The Greek version is presented here as it appears in J. H. Charlesworth, The History of the Rechabites I: The Greek Recension (TT 17; Chico, Calif.: Scholars Press, 1982). The evidence from other versions remains to be encoded. Final proofreading of the Greek text is complete.

Bibliography

Print Editions

For further bibliography see DiTommaso, Bibliography, 983-5 or click here to search for material on the History of the Rechabites on the BiBIL database.

Corrections

The following corrections to Charlesworth's text have been made by Jeremy Haasdyk and David M. Miller:

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