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Skeireins

In today's article we are going to delve into the fascinating world of Skeireins. From its origins to its influence on today's society, we will explore the different facets and aspects that make Skeireins a topic of interest to a wide spectrum of audiences. We will analyze its impact in different areas, its evolution over time and the possible implications it has for the future. Join us on this journey of discovery and learning about Skeireins, where we will seek to shed light on its most relevant aspects and delve into its meaning in the contemporary world.
Codex Vaticanus latinus, 5750, part of "Skeireins", a commentary to the Gospel of John in Gothic.

The Skeireins (Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃; pronounced [ˈskiːriːns]) is the second-longest known surviving text in the Gothic language, after Ulfilas' version of the Bible. It consists of eight fragments of a commentary on the Gospel of John which is commonly held to have originally extended over seventy-eight parchment leaves. It owes its title to the 19th-century German scholar Hans Ferdinand Massmann, who was the first to issue a comprehensive and correct edition of it: "Skeireins" means "explanation" in Gothic. The manuscript containing the Skeireins text is a palimpsest.

Currently it is housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. lat. 5750) in Rome.

There are conflicting views on whether the Skeireins was written directly in Gothic by a native speaker or whether it was a translation from a Greek original. Schäferdiek (1981) observes striking similarities between the Gothic of the Skeireins and the Greek of Theodore of Heraclea's commentary on the Gospel of John.

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References

  1. ^ Schäferdiek, Knut (1981). ‘Die Fragmente der “Skeireins” und der Johanneskommentar des Theodor von Herakleia’, Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur 110: 175–93.

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