Discourse on the Discovery of the Cross and on the Baptism of Isaac the Samaritan
· Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem
· Coptic version of uncertain date (MS MERC.AL); attribution to Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386)…
· homily
Coptic · domain: homilies · researched 2026-11-13
partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.
Why this is in the register
Budge 1915 contents leaf: 'VIII. The Discourse of Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem, on the discovery of the Cross, and on the baptism of Isaac the Samaritan. Coptic Text 183 / Translation 761' (https://archive.org/details/miscellaneouscop00budguoft), i.e. an English rendering at pp. 761-808 - the only one located. HOLLIS 'discovery of the Cross Coptic Cyril Jerusalem' = 0 records (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,discovery%20of%20the%20Cross%20Coptic%20Cyril%20Jerusalem&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 HOLLIS 'Cyril of Jerusalem Coptic Mary Theotokos' returns 3 records, none a translation of this text (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Cyril%20of%20Jerusalem%20Coptic%20Mary%20Theotokos&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 No Coptic SCRIPTORIUM file, and no CSCO/Gorgias/Brill translation found.
No machine-readable Coptic text; extent not estimated (Budge's Coptic text runs pp. 183-230). Budge's own summary (Introduction, pp. ci ff.) shows the text is a legendary narrative of the Inventio Crucis, not a Greek homily of Cyril.
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"Early Christian authors on Samaritans and Samaritanism : texts, translations, and commentary." Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2002. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990090145640203941
"Egeria's travels to the Holy Land." Jerusalem ; Ariel Pub. House : Warminster, England ; Aris & Phillips, 1981. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990001936390203941
Kontouma, Vassa. "John of Damascus : new studies on his life and works." Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Variorum, [2015]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990145176740203941
Cite: Tergwame, “Discourse on the Discovery of the Cross and on the Baptism of Isaac the Samaritan”
(coptic gap dossier), 2026.
https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-pseudo-cyril-jerusalem-cross