Language Studies

A Research on the Structure and Content of a Christian Monasticism's Sermon

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Document Type : Research original ,Regular Article

Authors

Masumeh Samieizadeh 1
zohre zarshenas 2

1 Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies

2 Professor of Department Ancient Iranian culture and Languages, in Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran. Iran.

10.30465/ls.2021.38706.2012
Abstract
Abstract

Sogdian was originally the language used in the Zarafshan Valley, but gradually, it became the administrative and commercial language of vast areas in Central Asia, and many peoples, from the western borders of China to the eastern borders of Iran, used it as a lingua franca. There are many religious and non-religious Sogdian texts, which date back from the second to the tenth centuries AD. A lot of these texts were found in the Turfan oasis and Don Huang in East Turkestan, which belong to the Christians, Buddhists and Manicheans. Sogdian Christian texts are mainly translations of the Syriac writings, most of which no longer exist. These include exegesis, sermons, passages from the Bible, the biography and deeds of saints and Christian martyrs, and the ideas of the church fathers. One of them is a manuscript containing a sermon on Christian monasticism. In this study, after providing a transliteration, transcription, and Persian translation of this Christian Sogdian text, its structure and content is analyzed. Translation and study of the teachings contained in this text, in order to acquiring detailed knowledge of the Sogdian language and Christian monasticism, are among the reasons that make this research necessary.

Keywords

Christian Sogdian
Christianity
Sermon
Christian monasticism
Syriac language

Subjects

Language Studies

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 08 December 2021

  • Receive Date 30 October 2021
  • Revise Date 17 November 2021
  • Accept Date 08 December 2021

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