Syriac Sindban: Difference between revisions

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Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Version Number
Title	ܟܬܒܐ ܕܣܢܕܒܢ (The Book of Sindban)
Author

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
Syriac Sindban

Connected manuscripts

Language and Composition
Original language of version	Syriac
Language of text	Syriac
Regional or specific language of version	Syriac (Serto script)
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition
Islamic date of composition
Hebrew date of composition
Source for date of composition

Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Barsoum (2003), Macler (1903), Gollancz (1987), Minov (2013), Minets (2023), Jernstedt (1912)
Modern Editions	David Taylor (in progress as of 2025)

Notes and Commentary
Note	See especially: Barsoum p. 196; Gollancz 99-130.
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

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Connected prints
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 |Has Display Title=Syriac Sindban
-|Has Parent Version=Arabic Version A (The Seven Viziers)
+|Has Title=ܟܬܒܐ ܕܣܢܕܒܢ (The Book of Sindban)
-|Has Author=Unknown
-|Has Title=Syriac Sindban
 |Has Branch Of Tradition=Book of Sindbad
 |Is Adapted From=Arabic Version A (The Seven Viziers)
 |Is Adapted Into=Andreopoulos Syntipas
+|Has Original Language Of Version=Syriac
 |Has Text Language=Syriac
 |Has Regional Language=Syriac (Serto script)
-|Has 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.
+|Has Modern Research Literature=Barsoum (2003); Macler (1903); Gollancz (1987); Minov (2013); Minets (2023); Jernstedt (1912)
-|Has Modern Edition=aethgen, F., (ed.): Sindban oder Die Sieben weisen Meister. Syrisch  und Deutsch. Leipzig 1879.; David Taylor (in progress as of 2025)
+|Has Modern Edition=David Taylor (in progress as of 2025)
+|Has Note=See especially: Barsoum p. 196; Gollancz 99-130.
 }}