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Sanchuniathon

Sanchuniathon (/ˌsæŋkjʊˈnaɪəθɒn/; Ancient Greek: Σαγχουνιάθων or Σαγχωνιάθων Sankho(u)niáthōn; probably from Phoenician: 𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍, romanized: *Saḵūnyatān, "Sakkun has given"),[1] also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian,[2] was a Phoenician author. His three works, originally written in the Phoenician language, survive only in partial paraphrase and a summary of a Greek translation by Philo of Byblos recorded by the Christian bishop Eusebius. These few fragments comprise the most extended literary source concerning Phoenician religion in either Greek or Latin: Phoenician sources, along with all of Phoenician literature, were lost with the parchment on which they were written.

Sanchuniathon

DOB unknown
Berytus (Beirut), Phoenicia

DOD unknown
Unknown

Author

Phoenician

Hellenistic and Roman era

Historical and religious writings

Phoenician History

On the Phoenician Alphabet[edit]

A further work of Sanchuniathon noted by Eusebius (P.E. 1.10.45) is a treatise On the Phoenician Alphabet.

Ancient Canaanite religion

Phoenician religion

(1858). Mémoire sur l'origine et le caractère véritable de l'histoire phénicienne qui porte le nom de Sanchoniathon. Mémoires de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (in French). Imprimerie impériale. Retrieved 2023-02-12.

Renan, Ernest

; Oden, Jr., R. A. (1981). Philo of Byblos: The Phoenician History: Introduction, Critical Text, Translation, Notes. CBQMS. Vol. 9. Washington: D. C.: The Catholic Biblical Association of America.

Attridge, H. W.

Baumgarten, Albert Irwin (1981). The Phoenician History of Philo of Byblos: a Commentary. EPRO. Vol. 89. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Ebach, Jürgen (1978). Weltentstehung und Kulturentwicklung bei Philo von Byblos. Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament (in German). Vol. 108. Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln, Mainz: .

Kohlhammer Verlag

Lipiński, E. (1983). "The 'Phoenician History,' of Philo of Byblos". Bibliotheca Orientalis. 40: 305–310.

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Tertullian.org: Eusebius Praeparatio, Book 1, chapters ix-x

Sacred Texts: Ancient Fragments, ed. and trans. I. P. Cory, 1832: "The Theology of the Phœnicians from Sanchoniatho"