http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=journal&journal_code=MUS Recent articles poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294912 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294912 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:07:16 +0000 poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294913 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294913 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:10:08 +0000 poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294914 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294914 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:10:59 +0000 In this article, further examples for nautic metaphors in the Coptic-Manichaean Psalm Book are presented. The list given by Nagel some thirty years ago is thus completed. poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294915 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294915 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:12:31 +0000 We propose the reading of a short fragmentary hymn in Greek, found on a papyrus belonging to the Manichaean community of the Roman site of Kellis, and we try to place it in its complex cultural and historical-religious context. The attribution of the text is due to the place of discovery, common to other texts certainly Manichaean, and to extratextual elements (miniature writing) that characterize its production in that area. The text presents itself as a hymn of praise to the figure of the Father, celebrated in his attributes of greatness and transcendence with respect to the faithful who supplicate him, and insists on his uniqueness in the role of organizer of the cosmos. Although it does not use a technical vocabulary, the analysis of the text attentive to doctrinal questions, and the discovery of parallels with Coptic and Iranian poetic texts have contributed to shedding light on the theological meaning of the text and the historical-religious categories underlying it. Furthermore, the material condition in which the text was transmitted, as well as the cultural context of Kellis, have proven to be essential elements of analysis for understanding the text. poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294916 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294916 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:14:30 +0000 The final part of the <i>Sermo de poenitentia</i> by Ioannes Ieiunator (?????????) overwritten by the Palestinian Talmud tractate <i>Horayoth</i> can be found under two palimpsest fragments from the Cairo Genizah discovered at the end of the nineteenth century and then bought from an antiquities dealer by Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson. Since the early Greek version is missing, this Christian Palestinian Aramaic witness is a welcome addition as the earliest representative of this text (<i>ca.</i> 7th century CE). poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294917 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294917 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:17:04 +0000 This article presents diplomatic editions and analysis of three additional manuscript witnesses to the Armenian work <i>Questions of St. Gregory</i>, supplementing previously published editions of Recensions I and II. The study examines manuscripts M (Matenadaran 2546, 14th century), JM (Jeselsohn Collection 34, 1353), and W (Vienna Mekhitarist 170, 1500-1524), which represent some of the earliest preserved copies of this question-and-answer text dealing with eschatological themes and biblical interpretation. Manuscript M provides an additional witness to Recension I and preserves a complete leaf of material lost from the previously published Jerusalem manuscript, while JM34, dating to 1353, represents the earliest known copy and belongs to Recension II. The Vienna manuscript W170 contains yet another variant form of Recension II. Through diplomatic transcription, translation, and comparative analysis, the article demonstrates the complex transmission history of this popular Armenian theological work, which found widespread resonance among Armenians from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The study contributes to understanding Armenian scriptorial practices, textual variations, and the adaptation of biblical and parabiblical traditions for local ecclesiastical contexts, while laying groundwork for future comprehensive editions of this significant text. poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294918 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294918 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:20:17 +0000 This contribution outlines an ongoing research project that aims to fill in part of the gap left by the absence of a critical edition and a dedicated critical study of the text of Agapius of Manbij. By exploring the textual witnesses of this work, preliminary remarks and new findings are brought to attention that contextualise our Syro-Arabic work within the milieu of Syriac studies. These findings are further pursued to shed new light on the enigmatic Eastern Common Source and argue for the survival of the presumed lost <i>Chronicle</i> of Theophilus of Edessa. poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294919 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294919 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:22:02 +0000 poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294920 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294920 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:26:41 +0000 Arabic grammar defines various types of <i>w?w</i> such as <i>w?w al-'a?f</i> 'the conjunctive <i>w?w</i>' and <i>w?w al-isti'n?f</i> 'the <i>w?w</i> of commencement'. This article explores the use of a less well-investigated <i>w?w</i> known as the <i>w?w explicativum</i>, and suggests that this type of <i>w?w</i> can be found in Qur'?nic hendiadys constructions. This <i>w?w</i> serves an explanatory function by connecting two words from the same or a different semantic field. The whole structure expresses a single complex idea rather than simply two conjoined separate concepts. This article analyzes how hendiadys with the <i>w?w explicativum</i> are realized in the Qur'?n and the subtle meanings they convey. The analysis shows that Qur'?nic hendiadys appear in a number of contexts, including the role of the Qur'?n, divine guidance, sins, and worldly life. The word preceded by the <i>w?w explicativum</i> modifies the other in two ways: (a) through semantic modification/intensification, where the two words are combined to create a new shade of meaning, and (b) qualification, where the first word specifies the second. poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294921 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294921 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:26:57 +0000 Book reviews poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/MUS.138.3.3294922 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3294922 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:27:14 +0000 Books received