Thèses et travaux en cours
Thèmes
Théologie et philosophie
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- Colette PASQUET, Univ. de Paris-Sorbonne/Institut catholique de Paris (ICP)
Dir. : Prof. Monique Alexandre (Paris-Sorbonne), Mgr Pierre Yousif (ICP)
Sujet : L'homme image de Dieu, seigneur de l'univers : l'interprétation de Genèse 1, 26 dans la tradition patristique syriaque orientale. Corpus d'auteurs d'Ephrem à Ishodad de Merv (Mémoire de thèse en histoire des religions et théologie, doctorat conjoint). - Michael OEZ, DPhil cand.
Sujet : Patriarch Cyriacus (d.817) and his Book of Divine Providence (edition, translation, contextual analysis). - Maja KOMINKO, DPhil cand.
Sujet : Sources of the miniatures in Byzantine manuscripts of the Christian Topography of Cosmas Indicopleustes (with special reference to the Syrian cosmological and exegetical background). - Jack TANNOUS, MPhil 2004
Sujet : The Letters of George, Bishop of the Arab Tribes: Introduction, Text and Translation. - Kristian HEAL, Birmingham University, DPhil cand.
Dir. : Prof. David Taylor
Sujet : The Patriarch Joseph in Syriac Tradition. - Emiliano FIORI, Bologna, DPhil cand.
Sujet : Dionigi l’Areopagita e l’origenismo siriaco: Edizione critica e studio storico-dottrinale del Trattato sui Nomi divini nella versione di Sergio di Reš‘ayna.
Soutenance le 22 mars 2010.
Liturgie
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- Tenny THOMAS
Sujet : Eucharistic Anaphoras in the Syrian Orthodox tradition. - Fr. E.J. JOSEPH, SEERI
Sujet : B'autha d'ninvaye – Translation and Textual Analysis.
Abstract : There is no religion in the world without fasts and penitential acts. Churches of Syriac tradition are not exception to this. Khudhra , the book of proper anthems and other variable parts of the service for the festivals of the year in the East Syrian Church is a rich source of traditional formulations in connection with various fasts.
B'autha d'ninvaye is a liturgical text taken from the famous East Syrian liturgical collection called Khudhra . Fast of the Ninevites is the liturgical setting of this fast. Ephrem's and Narsai's memrae on Jona's preaching in Nineveh and the penitential response and consequent conversion of Ninevites are the basis of the East Syrian liturgical tradition behind this fast.
This research aims at exploring the origin and development of B'autha d'ninvaye. A textual, theological and liturgical analysis of the East Syrian and the underlying patristic sources of B'autha d'ninvaye are aimed at.
- Fr. Varghese VARGHESE, SEERI
Sujet : thakso d' denho in West Syrian Tradition.
Abstract : Denho (Epiphany) is the feast of Manifestation of Christ, specially related to the theme of His nativity and Baptism.
Very little is known about the origin of this feast even though it is common to Antiochean and Byzantine Churches. According to Bainton, the feast of the Epiphany in the East is earlier than the council of Nicea in A.D. 325 and the Orthodox Christians as well as Basilidians, Montanists and Marcionists held January 6 as the birthday of Christ even in the acute Christological controversies. The most ancient allusion to the assignment of the Nativity of Christ to January 6 is found in Clement of Alexandria, ‘Stromata 1,21, 145'.
- Fr. G. ROY, SEERI
Sujet : Symbols and Imageries of Death in the Liturgical Literature of the West Syriac Tradition.
Abstract : Death is an inevitable fact of life. Every living creature has to face this great fact and man shudders at the thought of death. But what is its meaning and purpose? This is a question man asks himself and tries to find an answer.
Every language and culture of man has been influenced by man's anxiety towards death and his answers to solve the problem of death. The Syriac Literature, especially the liturgical literature, has a lot to speak about death. Death is very often personified and made to speak for itself. Many imageries and symbols are used to bring out the meaning and purpose of death as well as the misery that death brings about to the living and the dead themselves.
The idea of death is not the same in all authors or texts. Sometimes death is a cruel enemy, some other times it is a liberator from the sorrowful life on earth. As thought move from one and to the other, different symbols are used to impress the readers and audience.
This treasure in Syriac literature is the common heritage of human society. It should be made available to people of all cultural and linguistic backgrounds. This study is a humble attempt at it.
- Fr. K.M. JOMON, SEERI
Sujet : Taksà d'al razà q'adishà d- zuwagà : A textual and theological analysis of the order of marriage in the East Syrian Tradition.
Abstract : The objective of this study is to make a scientific and comprehensive study on the East Syriac marriage rite bringing out the linguistic specialties and rich theological insights.
In the East Syrian liturgical family, the Chaldean Catholics and Assyrian Church of the East follow the same text, whereas Syro Malabar Church used the same text up to the Diamper Synod with slight Indian adaptations like the use of Thali and Vilaku Thodeel (touching in veneration the lamp representing Jesus, the light of the world).
So the restoration of the original text helps the Church to enrich its theology. Furthermore, the symbolism and mysticism of marriage were always a fascinating theme for all the Syriac fathers. Of the various Oriental Rites, that of the East Syrian rite is especially rich in its imagery and symbolism. An investigation into this area will bring forth the richness of East Syriac literature.
- Sr. O.U. JINCY, SEERI
Sujet : Qulase d'Marth Maryam
Abstract : The research aims at exploring the origin and development of the Feast of Marth Maryam. A textual, theological and liturgical analysis of the commemoration of St. Mary based on manuscript dated 1598 (Tcr. 27) compared with the printed Hudra texts (Darmo Vol. 1 and Bedjan Vol. 1) is proposed.
Veneration of St. Mary is an important aspect in the Apostolic Churches. We can turn to Mary as a role model in faith, submission to God's will and devotion to Christ. We can turn to her for intercession on our behalf. There is no direct translation for the commemoration of Blessed Marth Maryam from Syriac into English or any other language. We have one book in English, Mary Matha but it is translated from Malayalam and not directly from Syriac text.
Hence the researcher is making an attempt to study this particular topic. Here the researcher proposes to take the Syriac text from the manuscript Trichur 27 (dated 1598) and compare it with the printed texts that were edited by Bedjan (Leipzig, 1886) and Mar Thoma Darmo, Metropolitan of Trichur (1960).
- Mag. Dr. Erich
RENHART, Manuscript Research Center (Université
de Graz) et Mag. Sami UCEL, (Vienne)
Sujet : La tradition de l'anaphore attribuée à Saint Basile d'après les manuscrits syriaques.
Résumé : Le projet a pour but la préparation d'une édition critique du texte avec commentaire.
Plus de détails : http://www.vestigia.at/e/
Apocryphes
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- Irina KUKOTA, DPhil cand.,
Sujet : Christ's descent to Sheol in Syriac texts.
- Fr. Joju ANTO, SEERI
Sujet : The Revelation of Paul the Apostle: Edition, Translation and Critical Analysis
Abstract : There are collections of Apocrypha together with the classical Bible. These two contain interesting informations regarding early Christianity and with this purpose, scholars in France have published a series called Apocrypha in which they have already published several books.
In this study, it is proposed to describe at first the only available Syriac manuscript of the Trichur collection (Tcr. 83) according to the norms and criteria that are found in the modern science of manuscripts' descriptions – Codicology.
Then the work will be edited following the norms of classical collections like CSCO, Patrologia Syriaca, etc. It will be accompanied by translation and footnotes. A systematic analysis of the work will be done exploring the main teaching of this work and comparing it with other works (earlier, contemporary and posterior). Finally, the importance and relevance of this work for today will be highlighted.
Hagiographie
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- Fr. Somy MATHEW, SEERI
Sujet : Martyrological Literature in Syriac: Based on Select Persian Martyrs from the early 5 th Century.
Abstract : The Syriac Martyrology is one of the major branches of Syriac literature. The period IVth to VIIth century is considered as the classical period of Syriac Martyrology. Existence of innumerable number of manuscripts containing acts of the martyrs is a proof. But no systematic and comprehensive studies have been done so far in this field and many of the texts remaining to be translated.
Considering its historical, sociological, linguistic, cultural and religious relevance it is an urgent necessity to make a systematic study on this topic. From the personal accounts of the martyrs we can surely have the always-precious glimpse of individual lives of the persons, habits and contours of life in late antiquity.
The martyrology gives us not only a view of events that happened but also reactions and reflections of those who lived and wrote with the memory of those events. The acts of the martyrs reveal to us not the individual of their day but rather something of the world in which they lived and moved. From this view these narrations offer us a rich harvest of historical depth.
- Naïma AFIF, Université Catholique de Louvain
Dir. : Professeur A. B. Schmidt (Mémoire en philologie et histoire orientale)
Sujet : Édition, traduction et commentaire du texte de la passion des Dormants d'Éphèse d'après le manuscrit Cambridge Add. 2020.
Résumé : Étude des rapports que ce manuscrit entretient avec les autres témoins qui forment l'ensemble de la tradition en prose syriaque exploitée à ce jour.
- Georges BOHAS, Dominique GONNET, René LAVENANT avec Pierre-Louis GATIER
et Jean-Baptiste YON (introduction et notes)
Sujet : Traduction et édition du manuscrit de Mardin de la vie de Syméon le Stylite. (á paraître dans la collection Sources Chrétiennes)
- Laurent CAPRON, DPhil cand., Univ. Paris-Sorbonne, Institut de Papyrologie (=
Section de Papyrologie de l'IRHT-CNRS)
Dir. : Prof. A. Blanchard (Univ. Paris-Sorbonne) & A. Desreumaux (CNRS)
Sujet : Édition, traduction et commentaire des fragments de codex hagiographiques du Musée du Louvre contenant les Vies grecques d'Abraham de Qidun et de sa nièce Marie, de Théodora d'Alexandrie et d'Eupraxie de Thébaïde.
Soutenance le 13 mars 2010.
Résumé : Les fragments sur papyrus de ces deux codex provenant du Fayoum (Égypte) contiennent les plus anciens témoins des Vies grecques d'Abraham de Qidun et de sa nièce Marie, de Théodora d'Alexandrie et d'Eupraxie de Thébaïde.
L'intérêt est tout particulier pour la Vie d'Abraham et de Marie, puisqu'il s'agit d'une traduction faite sur un modèle syriaque, avant d'être traduit à nouveau en latin, en araméen christo-palestinien, en arabe et en slavon bulgare. Ce texte a été longtemps considéré comme une œuvre de saint Ephrem, bien que cette attibution soit certainement abusive. Une attention toute particulière sera portée à cette question.
Les fragments du Louvre, datés d'environ 700 A.D., sont ainsi les plus anciens témoins grecs de ce texte et s'avèrent être plus proches des témoins syriaques (Vème et VIème s.) que du reste de la tradition grecque (Xème-XVème s.), mais ils sont aussi très précieux pour le travail d'édition et de restitution des 3 fragments en araméen christo-palestinien qui nous sont parvenus et qui figureront en partie dans ce travail.
Chroniques
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- Georges BOHAS, Dominique GONNET, René LAVENANT avec Denise AIGLE (introduction et notes) : Traduction de la partie mongole de la Chronographiede Bar Hebraeus, (à paraître dans la collection Sources Chrétiennes
Manuscrits syriaques
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- F. BRICQUEL-CHATONNET, M. DEBIÉ, A. DESREUMAUX, G. DIB & Y. DERGHAM : Catalogue des manuscrits syriaques et garshuni de Sharfeh (Liban).
- A. DESREUMAUX & al. : Répertoire des Catalogues et des bibliothèques de manuscrits syriaques, édition revue et augmentée.
- Erich RENHART, VESTIGIA - Manuscript Research Center (Université de Graz) : Numérisation des manuscrits syriaques du Maténadaran à Erévan.
- Erich RENHART, VESTIGIA - Manuscript Research Center (Université de Graz) : Numérisation des manuscrits syriaques de la collection des Pères Meckhitaristes à Vienne.
- Andrea SCHMIDT (Univ. Catholique de Louvain), Seda MIKAELYAN (Maténadaran, Erevan), en collaboration avec Erich RENHART (Univ. de Graz): Catalogue de manuscrits syriaques de Maténadaran à Erevan.
But du projet : rendre accessible cette petite collection et élaborer un petit catalogue descriptif.
Il s'agit de cinq manuscrits dont un est écrit en karshouni.
Tradition des auteurs syriaques dans d'autres cultures et langues
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- Tamara PATARIDZE, Univ. Catholique de Louvain, (Mémoire de DEA de philologie et histoire orientale.)
Dir. : Prof. Andrea B. Schmidt
Sujet : Traduction, datation et commentaire philologique sur la technique de traduction de la version géorgienne (ed. K. Kekelidze, Keimena, I ; Tbilisi 1918, p. 174-188) d'une homélie de Nöel de Jacques de Saroug (P. Bedjan, S. Martyrii..., Paris, 1902, p. 720-774)
Pères grecs en syriaque
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- Prof. Andrea B. SCHMIDT, Univ. Catholique de Louvain : Lemmatisation des
versions syriaques des Discours de Grégoire de Nazianze.
Résumé : Création, avec la collaboration du CENTAL (UCL - Louvain-la-Neuve), d'un dictionnaire lemmatisé du syriaque sur les discours de Grégoire de Nazianze.
- Prof. Andrea B. SCHMIDT et Prof. J-C. HAELEWYCK, Univ. Catholique de Louvain : Édition de tous les discours de Grégoire de Nazianze dans les versions syriaques.
- Georges BOHAS, Dominique GONNET, René LAVENANT : Traduction d'une homélie et de fragments d'Amphiloque d'Iconium conservé en syriaque seul (à paraître dans la collection Sources Chrétiennes avec ses autres homélies)
Plus de détails ici
Grammaire et linguistique
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- Georges BOHAS : Une grammaire sans racine
- Jeff VOLKMER, DPhil cand., Syriac Syntax and the Peshitta Psalms.
Histoire et archéologie
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- Elif KESER-KAYAALP, DPhil cand., Archaeology of North Mesopotamia in Late Antiquity.
- Philip WOOD, DPhil cand., Intellectual constructions of barbarity and civilization in Late Antique Syria.
- Lukas SCHACHNER, DPhil 2006, Monastic Economic Productivity in the Diocese of Oriens, AD320-800.
Épigraphie
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- F. BRICQUEL-CHATONNET, A. DESREUMAUX et W. KHOURY, Les Inscriptions syriaques de Syrie. vol. 1 Djebel Barisha