Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge.

  • Bar Hebraeus
Date:
1899
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Credit: Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLXXXI. Abba Theodore and Abba Luke remained for fifty years in doubt, for they were vexed about the matter of changing their [dwelling] place, and they said, “Behold, in the winter will we change [it];” thus they did, and they did not go forth [from it] until the end of their lives h CLXXXII. One of them said, “The recluse who loveth “a life of contemplation in his cell doth not flee meeting “his neighbour because he despiseth and hateth him, “but because of the sweet fruits which he plucketh “therefrom, that is to say, freedom from worldly toil “and from the sight and learning [of the same].” CLXXXIII. Abba Agathon kept a stone'in his mouth for a period of three years until he succeeded in keeping silenced rdjLi ooA r^'cno reins.rd^OxiflQ^re'.i 003 rdiCD oiiiw rdaLLs ocp rei\^233 ^.1 As^ .^03 7<nfio vf^^o.Tsjts oQi^f<A h^Xr^Ci .ct^z-CUxs (fol. 229^7, No. 251). ^ The text in Palladius differs somewhat and reads:— o.xni^.l relsK' Ai^o relsre' good 0003 _OOTxniLo.»jLS r^oi\J3Q\ f<'03.1 .0003 ^TSOK'O .K'^x^o.l ^^^O^AmJ.I ^^.OoA >1^ r^Cih\Sio rsli?30 rill^oso r^^\o-s-\ .0003 ^.T.rL^ r^l^oso V (fol. 199^^, No. 12). In Palladius:—o^\^^ r<'_rDr<' A^’3?3 ooo3 2