Titus of Bostra (2nd half 4th cent.)
Bp. of Bostra and Greek author. His most important work is a treatise in four books against the Manichaeans ( CPG 3575), whose Greek original only survives in part (ed. P. de Lagarde, 1859; further sections, ed. P. Nagel, 1973), but the complete text is preserved in Syriac translation in a ms. copied in Edessa in 411.
Sources
- CPG 3575–3581.
- P. de Lagarde, Titus Bostrenus syriace et graece (1859; repr. 1967). (Syr. and Greek)
- P. Nagel, ‘Neues griechisches Material zu Titus von Bostra’, Studia Byzantina 2 (1973), 285–350. (Grk.)
- N. A. Pedersen, Demonstrative Proof in Defence of God. A Study of Titus of Bostra’s Contra Manichaeos (2004).
- N. A. Pedersen, ‘Titus of Bostra in Syriac literature’, Laval théologique et philosophique 62 (2006), 359–67.
- P.-H. Poirier and C. Sensal, ‘Quelques réflexions sur la version syriaque du Contra Manichaeos de Titus de Bostra’, in SymSyr V, 307–19.
How to Cite This Entry
Footnote Style Citation with Date:
Sebastian P. Brock , “Titus of Bostra,” in Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz and Lucas Van Rompay (Gorgias Press, 2011; online ed. Beth Mardutho, 2018), https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Titus-of-Bostra.
Bibliography Entry Citation:
Brock, Sebastian P. “Titus of Bostra.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Edited by Sebastian P. Brock, Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz and Lucas Van Rompay. Digital edition prepared by David Michelson, Ute Possekel, and Daniel L. Schwartz. Gorgias Press, 2011; online ed. Beth Mardutho, 2018. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Titus-of-Bostra.
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