The fragments of Philip of Side’s monster Ecclesiastical History — or more likely, World Chronicle — are being looked at. Most interesting are the bits embedded in the fictional text the Religionsgesprach am Hof der Sassaniden, published by E. Bratke, Das sogennante Religionsgesprach am Hof der Sassaniden (TU 19, 3) Leipzig 1899, 153-164. (Bratke starts on p.448 of the PDF; something about Philip appears on p. 476 of the PDF). These discuss the work, and depict it being brought out in evidence and quoted verbatim! The start of a translation of these bits is most interesting.
Apparently a French dissertation has a critical text and a translation. Does anyone know how one might obtain/buy a copy of French dissertations?
Apparently a catalogue of the fragments of Philip of Side appears here: Katharina Heyden, “Die Christliche Geschichte des Philippos von Side: Mit einem kommentierten Katalog der Fragmente,” in M. Wallraff (ed.), Julius Africanus und die christliche Weltchronistik (Berlin, 2006), pp. 209-243. Does anyone have a copy they could slip me in PDF form? If so, contact me using the form on the right.
Another article that would be of use, if anyone has it, is Katharina Heyden, Die “Erzählug des Aphroditian,” Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 53 (Tübingen, 2009). This relates to the Religionsgesprach, I think.
If it is an ecclesiastical history I’m sure I’m going to here some more of it next year, as I’m going to assist on a project dealing with late-antique ecclesiastical histories…
Too bad the link to Google Books does not work here.
The Heyden “article” seems to in fact be a book, online at Google books here.