Earliest Translation of Rev./Apoc. into Arabic?

[Nathan Betz]

Dear all, 

FYI this Thursday's session of the Revelation Reception Network: 

Giovanni DiRusso (Harvard)

"The Earliest Translation of Revelation into Arabic? Examining the Book of Revelation in the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter"

December 4, 2025 (Thursday)

11am US ET / 5pm CET (Zoom)

Zoom: https://uni-regensburg.zoom-x.de/my/revrecnet

Description: The Arabic Apocalypse of Peter (AAoP, 10th century CE) includes what may be the earliest extended translation of Revelation into Arabic, antedating the 13th-century Copto-Arabic translations and commentaries of Revelation. This talk will document the portions of Revelation found in the AAoP and explore which version of the text they may be translated from. It will also examine how images and motifs from Revelation are incorporated into the AAoP more broadly. Together, this evidence suggests that the incorporation of Revelation into the AAoP is not incidental but reflects core theological and apologetic concerns of 10th-century Christian scribes.

Bio: Giovanni DiRusso is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in the Study of Religion at Harvard University. His research broadly examines the transmission of philosophy, theology, and narratives between Greek-, Syriac-, and Arabic-speaking Christian and Muslim communities in the long late antiquity. His dissertation, provisionally entitled “Modular Textuality: Variance, Reception, and the Apostolic Past in the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter,” combines computational, historical, and philological methods to theorize textual variance and re-use in one of the most popular Christian apocalyptic writings in Arabic. 

to view the entire schedule for the season, please look here: Revelation Reception Network Seminar, Season Three: https://www.uni-regensburg.de/theologie/fakultaet/forschung/drittmittelprojekte/the-revelation-reception-network/seminar-season-3-2025-2026/index.html 

Best,

Nathan Betz

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Dr. Nathan Betz, DFG Eigene Stelle

Chair of Ancient Church History and Patrology, Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Regensburg

Beyond Canon Centre, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg

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Project: https://www.uni-regensburg.de/theologie/fakultaet/forschung/drittmittelprojekte/dfg-revelation/index.html

[A N]

Dear Prof. Betz,

Thank you for very much for the link to this extremely interesting seminar.

Is there also a video of the lecture "Armageddon: The Mountain Meeting Its Megiddo" by Laurentiu Mot?

If there is, I'm sure the others would  also be interested in seeing it.

Thank you in advance, and best regards

Alen Novalija

пн, 1 дек. 2025 г., 19:47 Nathan Betz <nab...@gmail.com>:

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[Nathan Betz]

Alen, there is, and it will be posted in a few days here: https://www.youtube.com/@ReceptionRevelationNetwork 

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[A N]

Oh, great, thank you very much!!

All the best,

A

вт, 2 дек. 2025 г., 04:15 Nathan Betz <nab...@gmail.com>:

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