Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Teaching of Jacob the Newly Baptized (July, 634 CE) 37
6. 2 Synodical Letter, Homily on the Nativity, and Homily on Epiphany. Sphronius of Jerusalem 45
7. 3 A Syriac Fragment Concerning the Believers 55
8. 4 Letter 14 Maximus The Confessor 57
9. 5 Chronicle Thomas The Presbyter 60
10. 6 The Armenian Chronicle of 661 attributed to Sebeos 62
11. 7 The Spiritual Meadow, Appendix to the Georgian Version John Moschus 73
12. 8 Homily on the End- Times Ps.-Ephrem The Syrian 80
13. 9 Letter 14C (650s CE) IshoʿYahb III of Adiabene 93
14. 10 Edifying Tales, Homily on the Lord’s Passion, The Hodegos, and Questions and Answers Anastasius of Sinai 101
15. 11 The Khuzistan Chronicle 128
16. 12 The Apocalypse of Rabbi Shimʿōn b. Yohai The Secrets of Rabbi Shimʿōn b. Yohai 138
17. 13 Pirqe de- Rabbi Eliezer 30 144
18. 14 The Maronite Chronicle 150
19. 15 On the Holy Places Adomnán / Arculf 164
20. 16 The Apocalypse of Ps.- Shenoute 171
21. 17 The Book of Main Points John Bar Penkaye 185
22. 18 Fourth Letter to John the Stylite Jacob of edessa 202
23. 19 The Passion of Peter of Capitolias 209
24. 20 Excerpts from a Lost Seventh- Century Greek Source, The Chronicle of Theophanes, The Chronicle of Agapius, The Chronicle of Michael the Syrian, and The Chronicle of 1234 224
25. Notes 235
26. Bibliography 269
27. Index 293