Severus of Antioch by Pauline Allen and Robert Hayward was published by Routledge in October 2004. The book is part of the Early Church Fathers series. This series makes available translations of key selected texts by major Fathers to all students of the Early Church.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Texts Of Severus
Dogmatic and polemical works: Severi Antiocheni orationes ad Nephalium, eiusdem ac Sergii Grammatici epistulae mutuae, ed. and trans. J. Lebon, CSCO 119 (text) and 120 (trans.), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1949.
Sévère d’Antioche, Le Philalèthe, ed. and trans. R. Hespel, CSCO 133 (text) and 134 (trans.), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1952.
Severi Antiocheni liber contra impium Grammaticum, ed. and trans. J. Lebon, CSCO 93 (text) and 94 (trans.) (textus orationis tertiae partis prioris), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1929.
Severi Antiocheni liber contra impium Grammaticum, ed. and trans. J. Lebon, CSCO 101 (text) and 102 (trans.) (textus orationis tertiae partis posterioris), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1933.
Severi Antiocheni liber contra impium Grammaticum, ed. and trans. J. Lebon, CSCO 111 (text) and 112 (trans.) (textus orationis primae et orationis secundae quae supersunt), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1938.
Sévère d’Antioche, La polémique antijulianiste I, ed. and trans. R. Hespel, CSCO 244 (text) and 245 (trans.), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1964.
Sévère d’Antioche, La polémique antijulianiste IIA, ed. and trans. R. Hespel, CSCO 295 (text) and 296 (trans.), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1968.
Sévère d’Antioche, La polémique antijulianiste IIB, ed. and trans. R. Hespel, CSCO 301 (text) and 302 (trans.), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1969.
Sévère d’Antioche, La polémique antijulianiste III, ed. and trans. R. Hespel, CSCO 318 (text) and 319 (trans.), Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1971.
Homilies
The homilies of Severus are published in various volumes of PO. See CPG 7035.
Letters
The Sixth Book of the Select Letters of Severus Patriarch of Antioch in the Syriac Version of Athanasius of Nisibis, ed. and trans. E.W. Brooks, vol. 1, London: Williams & Norgate, 1902; reprint Farnborough, Hants.: Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 (text); vol. 2, London: Williams & Norgate, 1903; reprint Farnborough, Hants.: Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 (trans.).
A Collection of Letters of Severus of Antioch, ed. and trans. E.W. Brooks, PO 12/2, Paris: Firmin-Didot 1915; 21973, Brepols: Turnhout; and PO 14/1, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1920; 21973, Turnhout: Brepols.
‘Severos’ Letter to John the soldier’, ed. S. Brock, in G. Wiessner (ed.), Erkenntnisse und Meinung, vol. 2 (Göttinger Orientforschungen 1. Reihe: Syriaca, Bd. 17), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1978, 60-4.
‘Letter of Severus to Anastasia the deaconess’, ed. and trans. Y.N. Youssef, Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie Copte 40 (2001) 126-36.
Hymns
The Hymns of Severus and Others in the Syriac Version of Paul of Edessa as revised by James of Edessa, ed. and trans. E.W. Brooks, PO 6/1: 1-179, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1909; 21981, Turnhout: Brepols.
The Hymns of Severus and Others in the Syriac Version of Paul of Edessa as revised by James of Edessa, ed. and trans. E.W. Brooks, PO 7/5: 593-802, Paris: Firmin-Didot 1911; 21981, Turnhout: Brepols.
Other works
Defensio ad imperatorem, in Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae rhetori vulgo adscripta 2, ed. and trans. E.W. Brooks, CSCO 87: 123-31 (text) and 88: 85-90 (trans.), Paris: e Typographeo Reipublicae, 1919; 21952, Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO.
Epistula synodica ad Theodosium episcopum Alexandriae, ed. and trans. J.-B. Chabot, Documenta ad origines monophysitarum illustrandas, CSCO17, Louvain: e Typographeo Marcelli Istas, 1908, 21952, pp. 12-34 (text); 103, Louvain: e Typographeo Marcelli Istas, 1933, 21952, pp. 6-22 (trans.).
Fragments
G. Dorival, ‘Nouveaux fragments grecs de Sévère d’Antioche’, in
ANTI)SON . Hulde aan Dr. Maurits Geerard bij de voltooiing van de Clavis Patrum Graecorum/Hommage à Maurits Geerard pour célébrer l’achèvement de la Clavis Patrum Graecorum, vol. 1, Wetteren: Cultura, 101-21, 1984.
F. Petit, La chaîne sur l’Exode I. Fragments de Sévère d’Antioche. Glossaire syriaque par L. Van Rompay (Traditio Exegetica Graeca 9), Leuven: Peeters, 1999.
Letter to John the hegumenos, in F. Diekamp (ed.), Doctrina Patrum de Incarnatione Verbi, Münster i. W.: Aschendorff, 1907; 2nd ed. R. Phanourgakis and E. Chrysos, Münster i. W.: Aschendorff, 1981: 309, nr. XXIV: 15-25.
Contra Felicissimum: various fragments survive in scattered collections. See CPG 7032, and CPG Supplement 7032.
Voicu, S.J. 'Un frammento copto dell'Omelia cattedrale 77 di Severo d'Antiochia', Augutinianum 32 (1992) 385.
OTHER PRIMARY WORKS, INCLUDING TRANSLATIONS
Athanasius Scriptor, Life of Severus: The Conflict of Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, ed. and trans. E.J. Goodspeed and W.E. Crum, PO 4/6, Paris: Firmin-Didot 1907; 21981, Turnhout: Brepols.
-----The Arabic Life of Severus of Antioch attributed to Athanasius, ed. and trans. Y.N. Youssef, forthcoming in PO.
Basil of Caesarea, Homily on the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, PG 31: 508-26.
Codex Justinianus, ed. P. Krueger, in Corpus Iuris Civilis 2, Berlin: Weidmann, 1895.
Cyril of Scythopolis, Lives of the Monks of Palestine, trans. R.M. Price with an introduction and notes by J. Binns, Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 1990.
Documenta ad origenes monophysitarum illustrandas, ed. and trans. J.-B. Chabot, CSCO 17, Louvain: e Typographeo Marcelli Istas, 1908, 21952, pp. 12-34 (text); 103, Louvain: e Typographeo Marcelli Istas, 1933, 2 1952, pp. 6-22 (trans.).
Elias, Life of Bishop John of Tella, in Vitae virorum apud monophysitas celeberrimorum, ed. and trans. E.W. Brooks, CSCO 7: 29-95 (text); 8:21-60 (trans.), reprint Louvain: Imprimerie Orientaliste, 1955.
Ephrem the Syrian, Encomium on the Forty Holy Martyrs, ed. J.S. Assemani, S.P.N. Ephraem syri opera omnia, vol. 2, Rome: Ex Typographia Pontificia Vaticana, 1743, 340-56.
Eustathius Monachus, Epistula de duabus naturis, ed. P. Allen, in Diversorum Postchalcedonensium Auctorum Collectanea 1, 390-476 (CCSG 19), Turnhout-Leuven: Brepols-Leuven University Press, 1989.
Evagrius Scholasticus, Church History: The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus, trans. with introduction and notes by M.Whitby (Translated Texts for Historians 33), Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000.
George, bishop of the Arabs: A Homily on Blessed Mar Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, ed. and trans. K.E. McVey, CSCO 530 (text) and 531 (trans.), Leuven: E. Peeters, 1993.
John of Beith Aphthonia, Life of Severus: Vie de Sévère, ed. and trans. M.-A. Kugener, PO 2/3, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1907.
John, bishop of Assiut (?), ‘A Homily on Severus of Antioch’, ed. and trans. Y.N. Youssef, forthcoming in PO.
John of Ephesus, Life of John of Tella and Lives of Five Patriarchs, 513-26 and 684-90 respectively in Lives of the Eastern Saints, ed. and trans. E.W. Brooks, PO 18/4, Turnhout: Brepols, 1974.
John the Grammarian: Iohannis Caesariensis presbyteri et grammatici opera quae supersunt, ed. M. Richard (CCSG 1), Turnhout-Leuven: Brepols-Leuven University Press, 1977.
John Malalas, Chronicle: The Chronicle of John Malalas. A Translation, by E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys and R. Scott (Byzantina Australiensia 4), Melbourne: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, 1986.
John Rufus, Plerophories, ed. F. Nau, PO 8/1, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1912.
Josua the Stylite, Chronicle: The Chronicle of Pseudo-Josua the Stylite, trans. with notes and introduction by F.R. Trombley and J.W. Watt (Translated Texts for Historians 32), Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000.
Julian of Halicarnassus, ed. R. Draguet, Julien d’Halicarnasse et sa controverse avec Sévère d’Antioche sur l’incorruptibilité du corps du Christ, Louvain: Imprimerie P. Smeesters, 1924.
Liberatus, Breviarium, ed. E. Schwartz, ACO 2/5: 98-141.
Michael the Syrian, Chronique, 4 vols, ed. and trans. J.-B. Chabot, Paris: Culture et Civilisation, 1899-1910.
Nestorius: Nestoriana. Die Fragmente des Nestorius, ed. F. Loofs, Halle: M. Niemeyer, 1905.
Peter of Callinicum: Petri Callinicensis Patriarchae Antiocheni Tractatus Contra Damianum, ed. and trans. R.Y. Ebied, A. Van Roey and L.R. Wickham; vol. 2, Libri tertii capita I-XIX, and vol. 3, Libri tertii capita XX-XXXIV (Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca 32 and 35), Turnhout-Leuven: Brepols-Leuven University Press, 1996 and 1998.
Philoxenus, Letter to Abbot Simeon of Teleda (frgs), ed. and trans. J. Lebon, ‘Textes inédits de Philoxène de Mabboug’, Le Muséon 43 (1930) 17-84, 149-220.
Ps.-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Chronicle: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Chronicle, Part III (known also as the Chronicle of Zuqnin), trans. with notes and introduction by W. Witakowski (Translated Texts for Historians 22), Liverpool: Liverpool University Press 1996.
Theodore Lector, Church History: Theodoros Anagnostes, Kirchengeschichte, ed. G.C. Hansen, Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller N.F. 3, 2nd ed., Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1995.
Theodoret, Eranistes, ed. G.H. Ettlinger, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975.
Theophanes, Chronicle: The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History AD 284-813, trans. with introduction and commentary by C. Mango and R. Scott with the assistance of G. Greatrex, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997.
Zachariah Scholasticus, Church History: The Syriac Chronicle Known as that of Zacharias Rhetor, trans. F.J. Hamilton and E.W. Brooks, London: Methuen, 1899.
-----Life of Severus: Vie de Sévère, ed. and trans. M.-A. Kugener, PO 2/1, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1907.
SECONDARY WORKS
Allen, P. (1981) Evagrius Scholasticus the Church Historian (Spicilegium Sacrum Lovaniense 41), Leuven: Spicilegium Sacrum Lovaniense.
Allen, P. (1996) ‘Severus of Antioch and the homily: the end of the beginning?’, in P. Allen and E.M. Jeffreys (eds), The Sixth Century – End or Beginning? (Byzantina Australiensia 10), Brisbane: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, 165-77.
Allen, P. (1998) ‘A bishop’s spirituality: the case of Severus of Antioch’, in P. Allen, R. Canning, L. Cross (eds) with B.J. Caiger, Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church, vol. 1, Brisbane: Centre for Early Christian Studies, 169-80.
Allen, P. (1999) ‘Severus of Antioch and pastoral care’, in P. Allen, W. Mayer, L. Cross (eds), Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church, vol. 2, Brisbane: Centre for Early Christian Studies, 387-400.
Allen, P. (2001) ‘Severus of Antioch as pastoral carer’, Studia Patristica 35: 353-68.
Allen, P. (2002) ‘Severus of Antioch as a source for lay piety in late antiquity’, in M. Maritano (ed.), Historiam Perscrutari. Miscellanea di studi offerti al prof. Ottorino Pasquato, Rome: LAS, 711-21.
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Brière, M. (1960) ‘Les homélies cathédrales de Sévère d’Antioche. Introduction générale à toutes les homélies’, PO 29/1: 50-62.
Brightman, F.E. (1896/2002) Liturgies Eastern and Western, Oxford: The Clarendon Press; facsimile reprint entitled Eastern Liturgies, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.
Brock, S.P. (1975) ‘Some new letters of the Patriarch Severus’, Studia Patristica 12 (Texte und Untersuchungen 115), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 17-24.
Brock, S.P. (1978): see under Severus’s works (letters).
Chesnut, R.C. (1976) Three Monophysite Christologies. Severus of Antioch, Philoxenus of Mabbug and Jacob of Sarug, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cuming, G.J. (1990) ‘The liturgy of Antioch in the time of Severus (513-518)’, in J.N. Alexander (ed.), Time and Community. In Honor of Thomas Julian Talley, Washington DC: The Pastoral Press, 83-103.
Darling, R. (1982) The Patriarchate of Severus of Antioch, 512-518 (unpublished PhD diss., Chicago).
Downey, G. (1961) A History of Antioch in Syria from Seleucus to the Arab Conquest, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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Frend, W.H.C. (1973) ‘Severus of Antioch and the origins of the monophysite hierarchy’, in D. Neiman and M. Schatkin (eds), The Heritage of the Early Church. Essays in Honor of G.V. Florovsky (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 195), Rome: Pont. Institutum Studiorum Orientalium.
Garitte, G. (1966) ‘Textes hagiographiques orientaux relatifs
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Graffin, F. (1978 a) ‘Jacques d’Édesse réviseur des homélies de Sévère d’Antioche d’après le ms. Syriaque Br. M. Add. 12159’, in Orientalia Christiana Analecta 205 (= Symposium Syriacum 1976), Rome: Pont. Institutum Studiorum Orientalium.
Graffin, F. (1978 b) ‘La vie à Antioche d’après les homélies de Sévère. Invectives contre les courses de chevaux, le théâtre et les jeux olympiques’, in G. Wiessner (ed.), Erkenntisse und Meinung, vol. 2 (Göttinger Orientforschungen, 1. Reihe: Syriaca, Bd. 17), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 115-30.
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Wallace-Hadrill, D.S (1982) Christian Antioch. A Study of Early Christian Thought in the East, Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press.
Youssef, Y.N. (2001 a) ‘The cult of Severus of Antioch in Egypt’, Ephemerides Liturgicae 115: 101-7.
Youssef, Y.N. (2001 b) ‘Arabic manuscripts of the Philalethes of Severus of Antioch’, Proche-Orient Chrétien 51: 261-6.
Youssef, Y.N. (2001 c): see under Works of Severus. Letters.
Youssef, Y.N. (2003) ‘Severus of Antioch in the Coptic Theotokia’, in B. Neil, G.D. Dunn, L. Cross (eds), Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church, vol. 3, Sydney: St Paul’s Publications, 93-108.