The Bazaar of Heracleides, Nestorius's own late apologia translated by G. R. Driver and Leonard Hodgson and published by Clarendon Press in 1925, is a primary text written by the condemned patriarch himself in exile under a pseudonym, defending his own theological position against the charges that led to his deposition at the Council of Ephesus. The Syriac translation underlying this edition was rediscovered only in 1889, centuries after Nestorius's own death. Its authority is that of the condemned party's own defense in his own words; its limit is exactly that, a defendant's self-justification rather than a neutral account. Cite it for Nestorius's own stated position; the wider Christological dispute needs an independent scholarly history.
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Nestorius's The Bazaar of Heracleides, translated by G. R. Driver and Leonard Hodgson and published by Clarendon Press in 1925, the top tier reflecting a primary text written by the condemned patriarch himself in exile, defending his own theological position, translated from a Syriac manuscript rediscovered only in 1889. Its limit is that it is a defendant's self-justification rather than a neutral account; cite it for Nestorius's own stated position, and the wider Christological dispute needs an independent scholarly history. NotesNestorius's late apologia, written in exile under a pseudonym; the Syriac translation was rediscovered in 1889.
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AuthorNestorius, translated by G. R. Driver and Leonard Hodgson
PublisherClarendon Press
Publication Year1925
Source TypeBook (primary)
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This source names Ephesus directly: "to his deposition at the Council of Ephesus."
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