Pre-publication draft (not intended for circulation or citation) of a contribution to a forthcoming edited volume on Narsai of Nisibis. Any comments, suggestions, or corrections are welcome (email to jwalters@rc.edu).

This study presents the data for the text of the Philoxenian version for various Gospel passages as those texts can be reconstructed from the citations of Philoxenos. Several trends of translation technique become evident within the Philoxenian version: lexical changes for more accurate translation, attempts at more accurate and consistent…[Read more]

The present paper focuses on the socio-cultural and religio-political conditions of early Islamic Iran that would have conduced the circulation of the Ardā Wiraz narrative among the eighth-tenth century Persian and Arab historians and theologians. Furthermore, the paper presents and analyses parallel structures and motifs between the Ardā W…[Read more]