Isaac the Syrian: The Third Part

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. The History of Mar Yawnan 1
7. Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene’s Letters to the Qataris 43
8. Introduction to the Book of the Aims of the Psalms by Aḥūb Qaṭraya 89
9. Abraham Qaṭraya bar Lipah’s Commentary on the Liturgical Offices 97
10. Preface to Mar Shemʿūn’s Law Book by an Anonymous Monk from Beth Qaṭraye 147
11. Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya’s Compendious Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers in Garshuni 155
12. Introduction to Selections from the Geʿez Filekseyus 189
13. Isaac of Nineveh’s Chapters on Knowledge 253
14. Isaac the Syrian: The Third Part 281
15. Two Discourses of the Fifth Part of Isaac the Syrian’s Writings 441
16. The Fourth Part of Isaac Qaṭraya’s Ascetical Homilies in Garshuni 471
17. Bibliography of Works Cited 693
18. Index 705