Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction viii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgements x
6. Abbreviations xi
7. Texts
8. 1. The Story of the Aramaean Sage Aḥiqar 3
9. 2. Bardaiṣān (154 – 222) 8
10. 3. Aphrahaṭ (c. 260 – 270 AD) 12
11. 4. St. Ephrem (c. 306 – 373) 16
12. 5. Extract from The Will of St. Ephrem 22
13. 6. The Peshitta (Mappaqtā Pshīṭtā) 25
14. 7. Anonymous 5^th Century Prose: Malpānūtā d`Adday shlīḥā 28
15. 8. Isaac the Great of Edessa 31
16. 9. Narsai – ‘The Harp of the Spirit’ (ca. 399-ca. 502) 36
17. 10. Soghītā Attributed to Narsai 40
18. 11. From the Maronite Bēṯ Gazō 43
19. 12. Anonymous: The Chronicle of Edessa (ca. 540) 47
20. 13. John of Ephesus (ca. 507- ca. 588) 50
21. 14. Philoxenus of Mabbūǥ (Aksnāyā, ca. 440-523) 54
22. 15. A Christian Legend about Alexander the Great 56
23. 16. `Anān Ishō` (7^th c.) 60
24. 17. Bishop George of the Arab Tribes of Mesopotamia (Born ca. 640 - died 724) 65
25. 18. Theodore Bar Kōnī (Late 8^th c.) 68
26. 19. Job of Edessa (Born ca. 760 and flourished 817-832) 72
27. 20. John of Dara (Flourished during the first half of the 9^th c.) 75
28. 21. Elias of Anbār (Flourished first half of the 10^th c.) 77
29. 22. Elias of Nisibis (Sōḇā) (Died after 1049) 81
30. 23. Elias bar Shīnāyā, Bishop of Nisibis (975 - 1046) 84
31. 24. The Baḥīra Account 88
32. 25. `Aḇdīshō` bar Brīḵā (Died 1318) 93
33. 26. Gregorius Abu l-Faraj Bar Hebraeus (Grīgōr bar `Eḇrōyō 1225/6 - 1286) 98
34. Syriac – English Glossary 105
35. English – Syriac Glossary 153
36. Index Of Grammatical Points 198
37. Bibliography 203