Ecclesiastical History of Zacharias Rhetor

The earliest extant copy of the Ecclesiastical History of Zacharias Rhetor is included in the late 6th century manuscript, British Library Manuscript #17,202.[1] It has been published by Dr. Land under the title of Zachariae Ep. Mitylenes aliorumque scripta historica Graece plerumque deperdita.

British Library Manuscript #17,202 is an anthology compiled by an anonymous individual. Scholars call this person “Pseudo-Zacharias Rhetor” because his compilation contains the important church history by the real Zacharias Rhetor. He entitled his collection, A Volume of Records of Events Which Have Happened in the World.

In addition to Zacharias Rhetor’s Ecclesiastical History, British Library Manuscript #17,202 also contains:

• A work by Sylvester, bishop of Rome, on the conversion of the Emperor Constantine.

• The finding of two 1st century relics belonging to Stephen and Nicodemus.

• A story of miracles, the Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus.

• A translation of Joseph and Aseneth, made by Moses of Ingila in the mid 6th century.

• Two covering letters to "Joseph and Aseneth". The first, by an anonymous individual, provides an account of how the ancient Greek manuscript Of Aseneth was found. The second letter is by the Syriac translator, Moses of Ingila. (A translation from the Syriac of "Joseph and Aseneth" along with a first ever translation from the Syriac of the two covering letters can be found in Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson, The Lost Gospel.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/zachariah00.htm
  2. ↑ Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson, The Lost Gospel. New York: Pegasus, 2014.
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