{"slug":"giorn","id":"georgian:titus:giorn","title":"Athonian (Giorgi's) Gospel Redaction","author":"Anonymous","genre":"bible","date":"","tradition":"georgian","coverage":"biblical-version","coverage_claim":{"status":"biblical-version","text":"This is a version of a biblical text. English Bibles exist; an English translation of this particular version was not searched for."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T00:59:33Z","cost_usd":0.001716},"source":{"registry_id":"georgian:titus:giorn","work_id":"giorn","edition":"titus","language":"","license":"This text is part of the TITUS edition of Tetraevangelium (redactio athonensis). Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 16.2.2022. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/nt/giornt/giorn.htm"},"stats":{"passages":2,"english_words":405,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":12,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":3,"work_notes":6,"external_links":0,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"giorn","abstract":"The Athonian (Giorgi's) Gospel Redaction is an anonymous medieval Georgian recension of the four Gospels, traditionally attributed to Giorgi the Athonite (1009–1065) of the Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos. This redaction revises earlier Georgian translations against Greek models and became the standard Gospel text in the Georgian Orthodox Church, influencing later liturgical and lectionary use. The edition, digitized from the TITUS text corpus, presents a single redactional layer without a critical apparatus or variant readings. The text includes distinctive readings, such as identifying Rahab of Jericho as Boaz's mother in Matthew's genealogy, reflecting a variant tradition. The precise manuscript basis and extent of Giorgi's editorial work require further verification.","historical_context":"The Athonian redaction was produced in the 11th century at the Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos, a center of Georgian monasticism and scholarship. Giorgi the Athonite (Giorgi Mtatsmindeli) was a leading figure in Georgian ecclesiastical culture, known for translating and revising liturgical and biblical texts from Greek into Georgian. This redaction aimed to correct and standardize earlier Georgian Gospel translations, which had been made from various Greek and possibly Syriac sources since the 5th century. The work reflects the broader Byzantine textual tradition of the New Testament, as Giorgi consulted Greek manuscripts available on Athos. The redaction became authoritative in the Georgian Church, supplanting earlier versions and shaping the text used in liturgy and lectionaries. The TITUS corpus digitizes a manuscript witness of this redaction, but the specific manuscript(s) used are not detailed in the source. The attribution to Giorgi is traditional but not universally confirmed; the extent of his personal editorial intervention remains debated.","significance":"This redaction is a key witness to the medieval Georgian textual tradition of the New Testament, illustrating the process of textual standardization in the Orthodox world. Its adoption as the standard Gospel text in Georgia underscores its liturgical and ecclesiastical importance. The variant readings, such as the identification of Rahab as Boaz's mother, offer insights into the transmission of biblical genealogies and the interaction between Georgian and Greek traditions. The work also exemplifies the role of Mount Athos as a center of cross-cultural textual production.","timeline":[{"date":"5th c.","event":"Earliest Georgian translations of the Gospels appear, likely from Greek and Syriac sources."},{"date":"1009–1065","event":"Life of Giorgi the Athonite, traditional author of the Athonian redaction."},{"date":"11th c.","event":"Giorgi produces the Athonian redaction at Iviron Monastery, Mount Athos, revising earlier Georgian Gospels against Greek models."},{"date":"11th–18th c.","event":"The Athonian redaction becomes the standard Gospel text in the Georgian Orthodox Church, used in liturgy and lectionaries."},{"date":"20th–21st c.","event":"The TITUS text corpus digitizes a manuscript witness of the Athonian redaction, making it available for scholarly study."}],"relations":[{"work":"Georgian Gospels (pre-Athonian recensions)","relation":"predecessor; earlier translations revised by Giorgi","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Byzantine Greek Gospel manuscripts","relation":"source; 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English Bibles exist; an English translation of this particular version was not searched for."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: bible in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 2 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Tetraevangelium (redactio athonensis). Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 16.2.2022. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder."}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":2},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:giorn":{"label":"source edition: Athonian (Giorgi's) Gospel Redaction","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/nt/giornt/giorn.htm"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"მათე (გიორგისეული)\n\nწიგნი შობისაჲ იესუ ქრისტესი, ძისა დავითისი, ძისა აბრაჰამისი. აბრაჰამ შვა ისაკ; ისაკ შვა იაკობ; იაკობ შვა იუდა და ძმანი მისნი; ხოლო იუდა შვა ფარეზ და ზარა თამარისგან; და ფარეზ შვა ესრომ; ესრომ შვა არამ; არამ შვა ამინადაბ; ამინადაბ შვა ნაასომ; ნაასომ შვა სალმონ; სალმონ შვა ბოოს რექაბისგან; ბოოს შვა იობედ რუთისგან; იობედ შვა იესე; იესე შვა დავით მეფე; დავით მეფემან შვა სოლომონ ჰურიაჲს ცოლისაგან; სოლომონ შვა რობოამ; რობოამ შვა აბია; აბია შვა ასა; ასა შვა იოსაფატ; იოსაფატ შვა იორამ; იორამ შვა ოზია; ოზია შვა იოათამ; იოათამ შვა აქაზ; აქაზ შვა ეზეკია; ეზეკია შვა მანასე; მანასე შვა ამონ; ამონ შვა იოსია; იოსია შვა იექონია და ძმანი მისნი ტყუეობასა მას ბაბილოვნელთასა. შემდგომად ტყუეობისა მის ბაბილოვნისა იექონია შვა სალათიელ; სალათიელ შვა ზორობაბელ; ზორობაბელ შვა აბიოდ; აბიოდ შვა ელიაკიმ; ელიაკიმ შვა აზორ; აზორ შვა სადუკ; სადუკ შვა აქიმ; აქიმ შვა ელიუდ; ელიუდ შვა ელიაზარ; ელიაზარ შვა მატთან; მატთან შვა იაკობ; იაკობ შვა იოსებ, ქმარი მარიამისი, რომლისაგან იშვა იესუ, რომელსა ჰრქჳან ქრისტე.","english":"Matthew (Giorgi’s Redaction)\n\nThe Book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac; Isaac begot Jacob; Jacob begot Judah and his brothers; and Judah begot Perez and Zerah from Tamar; and Perez begot Hezron; Hezron begot Ram; Ram begot Aminadab; Aminadab begot Nahshon; Nahshon begot Salmon; Salmon begot Boaz from Rahab; Boaz begot Obed from Ruth; Obed begot Jesse; Jesse begot King David; King David begot Solomon from the wife of Uriah; Solomon begot Rehoboam; Rehoboam begot Abijah; Abijah begot Asa; Asa begot Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat begot Joram; Joram begot Uzziah; Uzziah begot Jotham; Jotham begot Ahaz; Ahaz begot Hezekiah; Hezekiah begot Manasseh; Manasseh begot Amon; Amon begot Josiah; Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian captivity. After the Babylonian captivity, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel; Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel; Zerubbabel begot Abiud; Abiud begot Eliakim; Eliakim begot Azor; Azor begot Sadoc; Sadoc begot Achim; Achim begot Eliud; Eliud begot Eleazar; Eleazar begot Matthan; Matthan begot Jacob; Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"წიგნი შობისაჲ იესუ ქრისტესი","severity":"info","text":"The heading 'Book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ' frames the entire passage as a formal genealogy, distinct from the narrative opening of canonical Matthew.","cites":[{"key":"ed:giorn","label":"source edition: Athonian (Giorgi's) Gospel Redaction","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/nt/giornt/giorn.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"რექაბისგან","severity":"info","text":"The Georgian text reads 'from Rahab' for Boaz's mother, whereas the English draft has 'from Rahab'. This reflects a variant tradition identifying Rahab of Jericho as Boaz's mother.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ტყუეობასა მას ბაბილოვნელთასა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'at the time of the Babylonian captivity' marks the exilic break in the genealogy, a common feature in Matthew's genealogy but here explicitly noted.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"იექონია","severity":"info","text":"The genealogy follows Matthew 1:1-16 closely but includes the post-exilic line from Jeconiah to Joseph, consistent with the Matthean genealogy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"გიორგისეული","severity":"info","text":"The superscription 'Giorgi's Redaction' identifies this as the Athonite recension by Giorgi the Hagiorite, reflecting the 11th-century Georgian textual tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:giorn","label":"source edition: Athonian (Giorgi's) Gospel Redaction","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/nt/giornt/giorn.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"რექაბისგან","severity":"caution","text":"The reading 'from Rahab' for Boaz's mother is a known variant; some manuscripts read 'from Ruth' here, but the text correctly has Ruth for Boaz's wife later.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Rahab' as Boaz's mother is ambiguous; it may reflect a conflation with the Rahab of Jericho or a scribal error."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"ყოველი ნათესავი აბრაჰამისითგან ვიდრე დავითისამდე ნათესავი ათოთხმეტ; და დავითისითგან ვიდრე ტყუენვამდე ბაბილოვნისა ნათესავი ათოთხმეტ; და ტყუენვითგან ბაბილოვნისაჲთ ვიდრე ქრისტესამდე ნათესავი ათოთხმეტ. ხოლო იესუ ქრისტეს შობაჲ ესრეთ იყო: რამეთუ თხოვილ იყო დედაჲ მისი მარიამ იოსებისა და ვიდრე შერთვადმდე მათა იპოვა იგი მიდგომილ სულისაგან წმიდისა. ხოლო იოსებ, ქმარი ამისი, მართალი იყო და არა უნდა განმხილებაჲ მისი, იზრახა ფარულად განტევებაჲ მისი. და ვითარ იგი ამას განიზრახვიდა ოდენ, აჰა, ანგელოზი უფლისაჲ ჩუენებით გამოუჩნდა მას და ჰრქუა: იოსებ, ძეო დავითისო, ნუ გეშინინ მიყვანებად მარიამისა, ცოლისა შენისა, რამეთუ, რომელი-იგი მისგან იშვეს, სულისაგან წმიდისა არს. შვეს ძე, და უწოდიან სახელი მისი იესუ, რამეთუ მან იჴსნეს ერი თჳსი ცოდვათა მათთაგან. ესე ყოველი იქმნა, რაჲთა აღესრულოს სიტყუაჲ იგი უფლისაჲ, პირითა წინაწარმეტყუელისაჲთა თქუმული: აჰა, ქალწული მიუდგეს და შვეს ძე, და უწოდიან სახელი მისი ემმანუელ, რომელ არს თარგმანებით: ჩუენ თანა ღმერთი. განიღჳძა იოსებ ძილისა მისგან და ყო ეგრე, ვითარცა უბრძანა მას ანგელოზმან უფლისამან, და წარიყვანა ცოლი თჳსი. და არა იცოდა იგი, ვიდრემდე შვა ძე იგი მისი პირმშოჲ, და უწოდა სახელი მისი იესუ.","english":"Every generation from Abraham to David was fourteen generations; and from David to the Babylonian captivity was fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian captivity to Christ was fourteen generations. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: for the mother of him, Mary, was betrothed to Joseph, and before their union she was found to have been approached by the Holy Spirit. But Joseph, her husband, was righteous and did not wish to expose her; he resolved to secretly put her away. And as he was just contemplating this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said: \"Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, for he who is born of her is from the Holy Spirit. She bore a son, and they called his name Jesus, for he saved his people from their sins.\" All this happened so that the word of the Lord, spoken through the mouth of the prophet, might be fulfilled: \"Behold, the virgin conceived and bore a son, and they called his name Emmanuel,\" which is interpreted: \"God with us.\" Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and he took his wife. And he did not know her until she bore her firstborn son, and he called his name Jesus.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ნათესავი ... ათოთხმეტ","severity":"info","text":"The threefold repetition of 'fourteen generations' (Abraham to David, David to Babylonian captivity, captivity to Christ) imposes a schematic chronology absent from the canonical Matthean genealogy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:giorn","label":"source edition: Athonian (Giorgi's) Gospel Redaction","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etca/cauc/ageo/nt/giornt/giorn.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"აჰა, ქალწული მიუდგეს და შვეს ძე, და უწოდიან სახელი მისი ემმანუელ","severity":"info","text":"This citation of Isaiah 7:14 (LXX) as a prophecy of the virgin birth and the name Emmanuel is a standard Christian reading, but the wording 'conceived and bore a son' adapts the LXX.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ტყუენვა ბაბილოვნისა","severity":"info","text":"The 'Babylonian captivity' as a genealogical marker reflects a Jewish and early Christian historiographical scheme dividing history into epochs, here adapted to frame Jesus' birth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"იოსებ ... ანგელოზი ... ჩუენებით","severity":"info","text":"Joseph's dream revelation and his initial intent to repudiate Mary parallel episodes in the Protevangelium of James and later infancy gospels, though the specific wording is unique to this Georgian redaction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"მიდგომილ","severity":"info","text":"The participle 'approached' (migdumil) renders the idea of the Holy Spirit's approach to Mary, a circumlocution for conception that avoids explicit sexual language.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"იესუ ... იჴსნეს ერი თჳსი ცოდვათა მათთაგან","severity":"info","text":"The angel's explanation that Jesus 'saved his people from their sins' reflects a soteriological emphasis typical of later Georgian theological interpretation, not found in the canonical infancy narratives.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'from the Babylonian captivity to Christ' is ambiguous: it may refer to the end of the Exile (538 BCE) or to a later period; the text does not specify.","The relationship between the three sets of fourteen generations and the Matthean genealogy is left implicit; the redactor may have reworked or expanded the source."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}