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Шаблон:Italic title Nuhrā d-Tešmeštā ʿEdtānāytā ("Commentary of the Ecclesiastical Services"), better known by its Latin title, Expositio officiorum ecclesiae, is an anonymous Syriac commentary on the East Syriac liturgy. Its author is usually referred to as Pseudo-George of Arbela (or Pseudo-Gewargis).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The work is dedicated to a certain Daniel.Шаблон:Sfn

The Expositio is preserved in many manuscripts.Шаблон:Sfn[1] It is the longest preserved Syriac liturgical commentary.Шаблон:Sfn Its date is uncertain. It was probably written in the ninth century,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn but perhaps as early as the seventh.Шаблон:Sfn It quotes the seventh-century author Abraham bar Lipeh, whose work is based on that of Gabriel Qaṭraya, and must have been written after the liturgical reforms of the Catholicos Ishoʿyahb III (Шаблон:Reign).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In the 18th century, Giuseppe Simone Assemani assigned the Expositio to George of Arbela, but he gave no reasons.Шаблон:Sfn As George lived in the tenth century, this attribution has been discredited.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The Expositio has also been wrongly credited to ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz.Шаблон:Sfn

The Expositio is structured as a series of question on liturgical practices, divided between seven sections:Шаблон:Sfn

  1. 24 questions on the liturgical year.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
  2. 21 questions on ramšā.Шаблон:Sfn
  3. 9 questions on lelyā and ṣaprā.Шаблон:Sfn
  4. 30 questions on the eucharistic mysteries.Шаблон:Sfn
  5. 9 questions on baptism.Шаблон:Sfn
  6. 8  questions on the consecration of a church at the start of every year.Шаблон:Sfn
  7. 7 questions on funeral and marriage rites.Шаблон:Sfn

The Expositio has been translated into Latin, but not any modern language.Шаблон:Sfn

Editions

  • Connolly, R. H., ed. Anonymi auctoris expositio officiorum ecclesiae Georgio Arbelensi vulgo adscripta, II. Accedit Abrahae bar Lipheh interpretatio officiorum. Vols. 1 and 2. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1913–1915. Syriac text with Latin translation.

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  1. Vat. sir. 148 has been digitized.