Lives of the Prophets

Current State of the OCP Text

The Greek text of Lives of the Prophets is represented here as it appears in C. C. Torrey, The Lives of the Prophets: Greek Text and Translation (JBLMS 1; Philadelphia: SBL, 1946). This is a very complex document which exists in several distinct Greek recensions. A full transcription of these various recensions, along with critical apparatus, is currently being edited by Douglas Estes.

In addition to the Greek recensions, Lives of the Prophets is attested in Syriac, Ethiopic, Latin and Armenian versions. These still wait to be encoded. DiTommaso (Bibliography, 755) also reports the existence of Georgian, Slavonic, Hebrew and Irish versions which have never been edited in any form.

Bibliography

Print Editions

• Denis, Concordance, 868-871.
• Reprints Schermann's text.
• C. C. Torrey, The Lives of the Prophets: Greek Text and Translation (SBLMS 1; Philadelphia: Society of Biblical Literature, 1946).
• Click here to purchase a copy of Torrey's print edition from the Society of Biblical Literature.
• T. Schermann, Prophetarum vitae fabulosae, Indices apostolorum discipulorumque Domini Dorotheo, Epiphanio, Hippolyto aliisque vindicate inter quae nonnulla primum editit recensuit schedis vir. cl. Henr. Gelzer usus prolegomenis in dictibus testimoniis apparatu critico instruxit (Leipzig: Teubner, 1907).
• The most complete critical text of the Greek recensions, including and extensive apparatus.
• E. Nestle, "Die dem Epiphanius zugeschriebenen Vitae Prophetarum in doppelter griechischer Rezension," Marginalien und Materialen (Tübingen: J.J. Heckenhauer, 1893), 2.1-64.
• Provides the Greek text of mss Q and E1 in parallel, noting variants from three Syriac mss.

For further bibliography see DiTommaso, Bibliography, 755-756.

Corrections

The following minor corrections have been made here to Torrey's text:

1:4	Torrey reads πίννουσιν in a context where πίνουσιν is clearly expected.
2:7	The accent on πᾶντα has been corrected to πάντα.

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