Syriac Sindban

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Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Version Number
Title	Syriac Sindban
Author	Unknown

Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	Book of Sindbad
Adapted from (version)	Arabic Version A (The Seven Viziers)
Adapted into (version)	Andreopoulos Syntipas
Source for composition and adaptation information

Recorded secondary versions
Seven Viziers Arabic Version A (The Seven Viziers) Syriac Sindban Arabic Version A1001 (Thousand and One Nights) Arabic Version A101 (Hundred and One Nights)

Connected manuscripts
Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Syriac (Berlin Sachau 238) Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Unconfirmed / codicological evidence suggests it was likely copied in 15th/16th century, working off an original that was similar, but likely distinct from, the version used by Michael Andreopoulos in translating the Book of Syntipas

Language and Composition
Original language of version
Language of text	Syriac
Regional or specific language of version	Syriac (Serto script)
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Place of composition
Date of composition
Islamic date of composition
Hebrew date of composition
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Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Barsoum, I. A,. The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 196., Gollancz, H., ‘The History of Sindbad and the Seven Wise Masters’, Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society 8 (1897), 99–130., Jernstedt, V., Mich. Andreopuli Liber Syntipae (1912). (Greek translation), Macler, F., Contes syriaques. Histoire de Sindbad (1903)., Minets, Y., “Language of Speaking, Arguing, and Persuading: Cultural Exchange and Adaptation in Greek and Syriac Versions of the ‘History of Sindban/Syntipas’,” Das Mit- telalter 28:1 (2023), 155–171., Minov, S., (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), Perry, Ben E.: The Origin of the Book of Sindbad. In: Fabula 3 (1960), pp. 1–94.
Modern Editions	aethgen, F., (ed.): Sindban oder Die Sieben weisen Meister. Syrisch und Deutsch. Leipzig 1879., David Taylor (in progress as of 2025)

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