On Weights and Measures
c. 392
De Mensuris et Ponderibus
Epiphanius on biblical weights, measures, translations of Scripture, and related geographical notes. Surviving complete in Syriac; English from James Elmer Dean’s 1935 edition.
Translated by James Elmer Dean
English translation by James Elmer Dean, Epiphanius’ Treatise on Weights and Measures: The Syriac Version (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1935). Public domain in the United States (copyright not renewed). Digital text via Roger Pearse / tertullian.org.
Contents
- Syriac introductory sections
- Introduction
- Signs Used in the Scriptures
- Why, How, and When the Greek Translations Were Made
- Aquila
- Symmachus
- Theodotion
- The Fifth and Sixth Translations
- Measures
- Of Weight, Including Coinage
- Of Capacity, Local Usages
- Of Area and Length
- Concerning Names of Places, in Part
- The Quarters of the Heavens
- The Geography of Palestine
- The Stars
- Geographic Terms
- Colophon