These are the Words of Eusebius: A Translation and Analysis of the Colophon at the End of Fourth Kingdoms in BnF syr. 27

Abstract

Over three chapters, this thesis studies the colophon at the end of Fourth Kingdoms in BnF Syr. 27, which is divided into several main sections. Chapter 1 provides a transcription of the colophon, analysis of the main paratextual features, and a first-time translation into English. Chapter 2 compares the first main section of the colophon with a similar extant text from Origen, noting that no known extant text matches the material in the colophon. Then, it compares the second major section with Pseudo-Athanasius’s Synopsis Scripturae Sacrae and, to some extent, Epiphanius’s On Weights and Measure, noting where the colophon relies on and is different from these texts. In Chapter 3 the third major section is especially compared with Epiphanius’s On Weights and Measures as it is contained in BL Add. 17148 to demonstrate BnF syr. 27’s reliance upon this text.