TEXT CHANGES IN THE “GOLDEN SPRING” OF GABRIEL MTSIRE IN THE IV-XX CENTURIES

Received: 09th August 2023; Revised: 20th September 2023, 02nd January 2024; Accepted: 04th January 2024

Abstract

For studying the development of world civilizations, textual sources that have undergone textological and worldview changes are of great importance. In this article we will explore the collection of the eighteenth century "The Golden Spring" compiled by Gabriel Mtsire, which contains texts by John Chrysostom. John Chrysostom lived in the 4th century and his writings correspond to the culture of readers of that time. In the 10th-11th centuries, the works of John Chrysostom were translated into Georgian by Euthymius of Athos. These texts correspond to the requirements of the Georgian society of the 10th-11th centuries. In the 18th century, Gabriel Mtsire collected and edited these texts to make them more understandable to his modern readers. In the 20th century, these texts were again adapted. Thus, the present study provides an opportunity to evaluate and outline the linguistic and content transformation process of the same work over 16 centuries.