Hong, Joohyun (2020) Caspar Sibelius and His Journal on the Synod of Dordt, 1618-1619: Transcription, Translation, and Systematic Analysis of His Journal. Doctoral thesis.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral thesis) |
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| Titel: | Caspar Sibelius and His Journal on the Synod of Dordt, 1618-1619: Transcription, Translation, and Systematic Analysis of His Journal |
| Samenvatting (EN): | The title of this dissertation is “Caspar Sibelius and His Journal on the Synod of Dordt, 1618-1619: Transcription, Translation, and Systematic Analysis of His Journal.” As the title shows, this dissertation is concerning transcription and translation of the personal manuscript of Caspar Sibelius, written in Latin and its systematic analysis. The National Synod of Dordt in 1618-1619 held by the Dutch Reformed Church because of the rise of Arminianism, has a great significance as the one and only international Calvinist synod in early modern history and beyond. Despite its significance, however, the full-scale scholarly investigation on the Synod of Dordt has only started fairly recently. Even the first volume of the critical edition of the authentic and the contracted Acta of the Synod - Acta et Documenta Synodi Nationalis Dordrechtanae (1618-1619) - was published only in 2015. One of the reasons for this undeserved indifference is the illegibility of some of the primary sources - including the journal of Sibelius - which were written by hand during the Synod, and this inaccessibility to the primary sources has discouraged researchers from proceeding. It must be, therefore, the first step to make these illegible primary sources available to scholars who want to research into this subject. Following this need, this dissertation aims to transcribe the journal of Sibelius as its first task. And the translation of this journal into English is added to this task to make it much available to modern scholars. But the scholarly contribution of this dissertation is the fourth part of this dissertation; the part of the systematic analysis. There are many unique and rare characters in this journal, and they make this journal rated as one of the most important repositories along with the official Acta of the Synod. The journal contains records of most sessions of the Synod, some unique sources such as judgments of the Overijssel delegation and personal advice of Sibelius on several topics, and most importantly, a full-copy of all three drafts of the Canons. And these unique items in the journal raises other questions such as the inner procedure of the Overijssel delegation in formulating its common judgments to be submitted to the Synod, and the editing issue of the journal. Moreover, this dissertation also examines the Kampen case in its sixth chapter. The transcription, translation and systematic analysis of Sibelius’ journal will attract more attention from scholars on research on the Synod of Dordt, and will also have influence on ongoing research on the Synod of Dordt now that this important complementary source has been made accessible. |
| Number of Pages: | 680 |
| Theologische Universiteit: | Theologische Universiteit Apeldoorn |
| Trefwoorden (NL): | Sibelius, Caspar, 1590-1658 ; Synode van Dordrecht (1618-1619) |
| Trefwoorden (EN): | Sibelius, Caspar, 1590-1658 ; Synod of Dort (1618-1619 : Dordrecht, Netherlands) |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2021 14:12 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2021 14:12 |
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