Coptic Translation of The Cathedral Homily XIV of Severus of Antioch / Edition and Russian Translation

This article offers for the first time a complete edition of the Coptic text of Severus of Antioch’s Cathedral Homily XIV, preserved in three folios of a manuscript from the White Monastery, as well as in an additional fragment from the Coptic Museum in Cairo. The introduction examines the manuscript tradition, the state of preservation, and the composition of the manuscript corpus, as well as the linguistic features of the text, including its dialectal characteristics. Particular attention is given to the comparison between the Coptic version, the Syriac translation, and the Greek fragments preserved in biblical catenae, which makes it possible to clarify the translation technique and to identify textual divergences. The article also discusses possible explanations for these divergences, including the hypotheses of multiple Greek recensions and deliberate reworking of the text in the Coptic tradition. The principles of the edition are outlined, and an attempt is made to reconstruct lacunae on the basis of comparative analysis. The edition is accompanied by a Russian translation of the text.

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