07 — Sources

The sources for St. Joseph’s life, and the survivals of his literary work. This section assesses the biographical record in the repository’s source-critical manner (§3.5) and takes a careful, honest inventory of what remains of his scholarly, editorial, and liturgical labor.

Tradition: Antiochian Orthodox (Arab New-Martyr of the Patriarchate of Antioch)

This section complements Section 04’s attestation of the martyrdom with a broader look at the sources for the life, and it makes an honest reckoning with the question of St. Joseph’s own writings — where the record supports the title “scholar” firmly, “editor” and “translator” well, and “hymnographer” only cautiously.

Files in This Section

File	Description
the-sources-for-his-life.md	§3.5: the biographical sources — the Antiochian tradition, the reference literature, and the documentary record of 1860 — assessed for what they can bear.
his-liturgical-and-literary-work.md	What survives of his writings — the translations, patristic editing, biblical labor, and the question of “his hymns.”

See Also

• Attestation and Sources — the source-critical account of the martyrdom
• Priest, Scholar, and Preacher — his learning and work
• The Cult in the Antiochian Church — the liturgical texts of the feast