This article aims to establish the creation dates of the textual sources used for the Old Slavonic/Russian Josephus texts. I present the conclusion here: all the sources were created after the year 1300 AD.
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Alexander Berendts is responsible for bringing knowledge of these text to the west with publications in 1906.
The list of sources:
1 – The Vilnius Chronograph – written 16th c.
2 – The Archival Chronograph – w. 15th-16th c.
3 – The Academy Ms. – w. 15th c.
4 – The Uvarov Ms. – w. 15th c.
5 – Trinity (Troickii) 1 – w. 16th c.
6 – Makarius 1 – w. c.14th-16th cc.
7 – Synod 1 – w. 16th century c.
8 – Makarius 2 – w. 16th c.
9 – Volokolam Ms. – w. 15th-16th cc.
10 – Synod 2 – w. 16-17th cc.
11 – Barsov 1 – w. 15th-16th cc.
12 – Barsov 2 – w. 16th c.
13 – Trinity (Troickii) 2 – w. 16th c.
14 – Osterman – w. 16th c.
15 – Kyrillo-Belozerskii 1 – w. 16th c.
16 – Kyrillo-Belozerskii 2 – w. 16th c.
17 – Kyrillo-Belozerskii 3 – w. 17th c.
18 – Solovki 1 – w. 16th c.
19 – Solovki 2 – w. 16th c.
20 – Solovki 3 – w. 17th c.
21 – Solovki 4 – w. 17th c.
22 – Siiskii 1 – w. 17th c.
23 – Siiskii 2 – lost, last seen in 1930 – written date unknown?
24 – Pogodin – w. 18th c.
25 – Tolstoy – w. 18th c.
26 – Florishchevkii – w. 18th c.
27 – Kilandar – w. 16th c.
28 – Rumyanchev – w. 15th c.
29 – Kyrillo-Belozerskii 4 – w. 15th c.
30 – Krasnogorskii – w. 17th c.
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References:
[1] – http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/josephus/slavonic.htm
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