Index
Aba I / Mar Aba the Great
18, 48, 104, 132–133, 151, 165
collection of marriage laws
133
commentary on Genesis
132
commentary on Proverbs
132
entry (§ 58)
132–133
lost works
132
translated Nestorius’ liturgy
104
translated the Old Testament from Greek
132
Aba II of Kashkar / Aba bar Brik Ṣebyaneh
23, 156
commentary on several dialectics
156
commentary on the works of Gregory of Nazianzus
156
entry (§ 85)
156
exegetical homilies
156
lost works
156
mēmrā on the martyr Mar Zakhe
156
Aba of Kashkar
23, 155
entry (§ 83)
155
lost works
155
ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz
26, 39, 50, 168, 212
entry (§ 105)
168
legal handbook on marriage and inheritance / lawbook
168
lost work
168
metropolitan
168
ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha / ʿAbdishoʿ of Soba, (Mar)
1, 4, 6–8, 40–43, 46–49, 53–56, 61, 64–66, 68, 71–73, 75–76, 85–86, 88, 92, 107, 111–112, 117, 119, 122–124, 126, 131–133, 136, 143, 146, 184–186, 193, 197–198, 200, 202, 207, 211–212, 215, 217, 219
Book of the Pearl
1–2, 216
Book on the Foundations of the Religion (in Arabic)
216
Catalogue of Books / Catalogue
1–6, 8, 14, 40–43, 47–49, 54–56, 64, 66, 72, 117, 119, 136, 217–218
categories and genres
43, 49
Ascetic and mystical works
45, 47, 50, 54
etiological works
51, 54
cause literature
54–55
exegetical works
43, 46–49, 54
generalized works
45, 47, 49, 53–55
grammatical works
48, 52, 55
historiographical works
44, 47, 51, 54
juridical works
46–47, 51, 54
lexical works
53, 55
listings of synods
53
liturgical works
45, 47, 50, 54
named works
46–47, 53, 55
philosophical works
46–47, 51, 55
polemical works
44, 47, 50, 54
scientific works
52, 55
theological works
44, 47, 50, 54
translated works
52, 55
Parts
6, 40–41
Conclusion
6, 218
Disciples of the Apostles and the Greek and Latin Fathers, The
5–6, 9–16, 42–47, 72–119
Holy Scripture
5–8, 41–42, 61–71
Preface
5–6, 61
Syriac Fathers, The
5–6, 17–40, 48–55, 120–217
Catholicos
215
entry (§ 200)
215–217
homilies / expository anthems
217
lost works
215–217
metropolitan
61, 219
Nomocanon
200, 207, 211, 215
ʿOnita of Mar Simeon of Shanqlāband d-pashqāh Mar ʿAbdishoʿ
217
Order of Ecclesiastical Laws
212, 216
Paradise of Eden
215
Scholastics
216
translation of Aristotle’s letter to Alexander on alchemy
217
two mēmrē
217
ʿAbdishoʿ bar ʿEqarbe
31, 186
entry (§ 137)
186
lost works
186
ʿAbdmeshiḥa of Ḥirta
30, 185
Book of the Brethren
185
entry (§ 135)
185
Abram
114
Abraham bar Dashandad
29, 181
book of admonitions
181–182
entry (§ 129)
181–182
lost works
182
one letter and spiritual admonitions
182
Abraham bar Lipeh
30, 184
commentary on the offices
184
entry (§ 132)
184
Abraham bar Qardaḥe
33, 50, 193
entry (§ 156)
193
lost works
193
Abraham of Baṣra
26, 169
entry (§ 107)
169
lost works
169
metropolitan
169
Abraham of Beth Ḥale
31, 187
Disputation between a Muslim and a Monk of Bēt Ḥālē
187
entry (§ 141)
187
Abraham of Beth Rabban
18, 48, 127
Cause of the Foundation of the Schools through Defined Chapters
entry (§ 55)
127–128
lost works
127–128
Abraham of Maḥoze
25, 166
entry (§ 100)
166
lost works
166
Abraham of Nathpar
28–29, 179
9 authentic mēmrē
179
dubious works
179
entry (§ 125)
179
spurious works
179
Abraham of Nisibis
140, 167
Abraham of Shushtre
196
Abraham Qaṭina / Abraham of Behqawad
34, 194
disciple of Abraham of Kashkar
194
entry (§ 159)
194
lost works
194
Abraham Saba
34, 196
entry (§ 165)
196
lost work
196
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr / al-Mahdī
157–158
third Abbasid Caliph
157
Abū al-Faraj ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib
42, 169
Arabic biblical commentaries
169
Abū Nūḥ
32, 49, 189
entry (§ 144)
189
History of John of Dailam
189
lost works
189
Abū Sa’id ʿUbaydallāh b. Bakhtishū
207
Abzod Eskolaya
37, 204
demonstrations of all subjects
204
misattributed to Bazud
204
entry (§ 182)
204
Aesop
42, 65
Fables of
41–42, 65
Agapetus the Elamite
121
bishop of Beth Lapat
121
Aḥob Qaṭraya
26, 169, 204
entry (§ 108)
169–170
New Testament scholia
169–170
Old Testament exegetical works
170
Aḥudemmeh / Aḥudemmeh-Antipatros / Aḥudemmeh of Balad
29, 174, 180–181
Book of Medicine
174
entry (§ 128)
180–181
lost works
181
two mēmrē
181
alchemy
217
Alexander of Mabbug
30, 184
entry (§ 133)
184
Letters
Letter to Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus
184
lost work
184
Allegorists
80
Ammonas
15, 116
entry (§ 42)
116
Letters
116
Anděmta commentary tradition
170
Andrew of Samosata
31, 110, 186
entry (§ 138)
186
lost works
186
Twelfth Attack on the Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria
186
Anonymous Commentary
56, 93–95, 106, 109, 114, 128–129, 132, 134, 138, 150, 153–154, 161
on Exodus
16:33
194
on Matthew
95
anonymous Commentary on Psalms
93
anonymous Commentary on the New Testament
190
book of Hebrews
190
Anonymous writings
39, 49, 212
entry (§ 195)
212
Antony, Mar
81
Anush of Pirozshabor
33, 49, 192
entry (§ 153)
192
lost works
192
Aphnimaran
28, 176
commentary on an ascetic collection of sentences
176
entry (§ 119)
176
Aphrahat the Persian Sage / Jacob
19, 135
23 Demonstrations
135–136
entry (§ 60)
135
Apollinaris of Laodicea
91
Apophthegmata of the Egyptian Fathers
118, 141
Aqaq, Mar
17, 120, 127
entry (§ 49)
120
letters (lost works)
120, 166
Aquilinus / Acylinus
13, 107
bishop of Barbalissos
107
entry (§ 23)
107
lost works
107
Ara
35, 198
Beetles
198
entry (§ 170)
198
lost works
198
Arians
81, 90
Aristotle
136, 138, 155–156, 171, 192, 217
Analytics
51, 155
Metaphysics A / Book 1
192
Organon
156
On Interpretation
136
Prior Analytics
136, 171
Arniyastate’os
14, 112
disputation against the Manichaeans
112
entry (§ 31)
112
Eranistes (incorrect identification)
112
lost work
112
astrology
90, 138
Astrologers
90, 151, 193, 198
Athanasius of Alexandria / Athanasius the Great
10, 80–81
Apology for His Flight
81
bishop
80
entry (§ 13)
80–82
Letter to Epictetus
82
letters
80–81
Life of Antony
81–82
mēmrē
80–81
Athqen the Solitary, (Mar)
33, 191
entry (§ 151)
191
lost works
191
Awgen, Mar
150–151
disciples / Greeks
150
Babai of Mʿarre
28, 177
book containing an explanation of the commandments
177
entry (§ 121)
177
scribe
177
Babai of Nisibis / Babai bar Nsibnaye / Babai the Nisibite
27, 173
entry (§ 114)
173–174
lost works
174
mēmrē
173
one story
173
teshbḥātā
173
two letters
173
Babai the Great
20, 50, 115, 139, 167
Book of the Union
50, 139
commentary on the book of Abba Mark
115, 139
commentary on the book of centuries
139
entry (§ 66)
139–140
hagiographical works
139–140
lost works
167
rules for the monks
140
Babai the Persian
27, 172
bishop
172
entry (§ 111)
172
lost work
172
Bardaiṣan
124, 198
Bar Daqnana
35, 199
entry (§ 174)
199
lost works
199
Bar Doqsin
35, 198
entry (§ 171)
198
lost works
198
Barḥadbshabba ʿArbaya / Barḥadbshabba the doctor
25, 90–92, 101, 104, 108, 163
Book of Treasures
163
commentary on Psalms
164
Ecclesiastical History
90–92, 101, 104, 108
entry (§ 94)
163–164
lost works
163–164
Barḥadbshabba of Halwan
129, 163–164
Cause of the Foundation of the Schools
129
Barhebraeus
74, 120, 137, 159–160, 183
Ecclesiastical Chronicle
159
Storehouse of Mysteries
74, 160
World Chronicle
Arabic
137
Syriac
89
Bar Sahde of Karka
34, 196
book of ecclesiastical history
196
narrative of the persecution of the Himyarite Christians
196
entry (§ 167)
196–197
lost work
197
Barṣawma, bishop of Susa
146
Barṣawma of Karka
26, 53, 126, 167
entry (§ 104)
167–168
Liver
53, 167
lost works
167–168
pioneered consolations in the Church
168
Barṣawma of Nisibis
18, 126–127
consecration
127
consolations
126
entry (§ 54)
126–127
homilies
126
interpreter
126
lost works
126–127
six letters
127
two teshbḥātā
126–127
Bar Shehaq
34, 195
entry (§ 162)
195
lost work
195
Basil / Basil of Cilicia / Basil, the bishop of Larissa
13, 45, 107
entry (§ 24)
107
lost works
107
Basil of Caesarea / Basil the Great
11, 47, 82, 88
entry (§ 14)
82–83
Homilies on the Hexaemeron
82
Letters
83
mēmrē
82–83
On Baptism
88
Questions to the Brethren / Small Asceticon
82
Beh Ishoʿ Kamulaya / Bishoi
38, 208
book on the monastic life
208
entry (§ 187)
208
Biblical books / sections
Apocryphal books
5
Bel and the Dragon
75
Beth Māwthbē
57, 170, 188
New Testament books
5
1–2 Corinthians
68–69
1–2 Thessalonians
69–71
1–2 Timothy
70–71
Acts
41, 67, 72, 210
First John
41, 68
First Peter
41, 68
Gospels
41, 67, 71
Hebrews
41, 70–71
James
41, 68
Letters of (the Apostle) Paul / Paul
8, 41, 67–70, 190
Luke
67, 73–74, 152
Matthew
67, 74
three Letters following
57, 132, 162
Old Testament books
5
David, (the Psalms of)
57, 63, 77, 106
Ezekiel
63
the Twelve
57, 63–64
Pauline letters
8
three letters, the
68
Catholic
68
Torah
62
Biblical names / peoples
Apostle Paul / Paul
41, 72–73, 87, 100, 119, 218
Apostles
6, 68, 72–73
Christ / Word
112
divinity and / or humanity
67, 167
genealogy of
74, 218
Elijah
152
Epaphroditus
69–70
Hebrews
67
Herod, king
41–42, 65
Israelites
66
John / John, the son of Zebedee
67, 107
John the Baptist
140
Luke
67, 70
Mark
67
Mary, the mother of Jesus
61
Matthew
67
Moses
8, 41, 61
Onesimus
70
Peter
73
Philemon
70
Romans
67
Seventy, the
73
Shmuni
41–42, 65
Theophilus
67
Timothy
68–70
Titus
65, 69–70
Tychicus
69
blasphemers
103
book of the Tradition of the Elders
64–65
Budh the Periodeutes
33, 192–193
Aleph Migin
192
book of Kalilah and Dimnah
193
entry (§ 154)
192–193
lost works
192
Caesarius of Nazianzus (see also Pseudo-Caesarius)
86
Cantropus (see also “night demon,” under Ḥasan bar Bahlul)
164
Christian Arabic catena on the Pentateuch
64
Chronicle of Seert
90–94, 96–100, 132, 137, 146, 162, 167–168, 175–176, 199
Church architecture
gate of the apse
171
Cities and places
Alexandria
67, 80
Anatolia / modern Turkey
210
Paphlagonia
210
Anbar
166
Armenia
61, 199, 219
Sophene
199
Assyria
168, 212
Athens
69, 72
Baṣra
169, 212
Beth Garmai
168
Beth Lapat
121
Constantinople
88, 111
Corinth
68
Damascus
208
Edessa
111, 164
Egypt
150
Emmaus / Nicopolis
74
Ephesus
67–68
Fars
211
Gangra
210
Ḥdatta
188
Ḥirta
203
Hormizdshir
151
Italy
70
Kashkar
155
Laodicea of Pisidia
70
Lashom
164
Mabbug / Hierapolis
184
Maypherqaṭ
130–131
Merv
150–152, 202
Mesopotamia
150
northern / upper
150, 152
Mosul
176, 188–189
Nazianzus
86
Nicopolis
70, 74
Nisibis / Soba
61, 126, 130, 162, 166, 202, 206, 212–213, 215, 219
Palestine
67, 74
Philippi of great Macedonia
68
Pirozshabor
diocese of al-Anbār
192
Reshʿayna
171
Rome
67, 69–70, 76, 111
Sardis
73
Seleucia-Ctesiphon
120–121
see of the East
121
patriarchate
121
Shabokost
209
Taḥal
168
Tella-Zqipa
176
Temanon
202
Ṭirhan
172
Clement, bishop of Sardis
73
Clement of Rome
9, 46, 73
entry (§ 6)
73
Octateuch of Clement
73
Pseudo-Clementines
73
Commentary on Genesis-Exodus 9:32
93, 95, 114, 128, 132, 134, 150, 153
Cosmas
103
cross
112
Cyprian of Nisibis
21, 148–149
entry (§ 73)
148
lost work
148
ordinations
148
Cyril of Alexandria
109, 112, 184
Against Julian
184
Cyrus of Edessa
25, 107, 165
causes
165
entry (§ 96)
165
lost works
165
Cyrus the Greek
13, 45, 107
Book of Questions
107
Distinction between Sects (incorrect)
107
entry (§ 25)
107
lost works
107
Dadishoʿ I / Dadishoʿ the Patriarch
32, 190
entry (§ 147)
190
lost works
190
Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya
20, 90, 96–98, 100–102, 141, 163, 173, 177
commentary on Isaiah of Scetis’ Asceticon
141
Commentary on the Paradise of the Fathers
141
entry (§ 67)
141
letter on stillness
141
lost works
141
treatise on stillness
141
Damanis
34, 195
entry (§ 163)
195
lost works
195
Damasus of Rome
10, 43, 46, 76
A Confession of the Catholic Faith which Pope Damasus sent to Bishop Paulinus in Macedonia when he was at Thessalonica
76
bishop
76
entry (§ 9)
76
Synodical letter of Damasus to the bishops of the East
76
Daniel bar Maryam
35, 172
ecclesiastical history
198–199
entry (§ 172)
172–173
lost work
199
possibly identified with Daniel bar Ṭubanitha
198
Daniel bar Ṭubanitha
26, 168, 198
bishop
168
Book of Flowers
168
entry (§ 106)
168–169
lost works
168–169
Daniel of Reshʿayna
33, 193
entry (§ 155)
193
lost works
193
David of Beth Rabban, (Mar)
36, 52, 201
anonymous mēmrā
201
confused with David of Beth ʿAbhe
201
Little Paradise
201
entry (§ 176)
201
lost works
201
Denḥa
26, 170
Commentary on the Prior Analytics of Aristotle
171
Denḥa-Grigor Commentary
93, 133, 150, 152, 154, 164, 170
entry (§ 109)
170–171
lost works
170–171
Diatessaron of Tatian, The
8, 71
Arabic translation of
71
Armenian translation of
71
entry (§ 4)
71
Persian translation of
71
Tatian / Ammonius
41–42, 71
Diodore of Tarsus / Mar Diodore
12, 43, 47, 90, 139, 163, 167
Against Apollinarius / Against the Synousiasts
91
Against Fate / Book which Refutes Astrology
90–91
Against the Manichaeans
91
entry (§ 19)
90–92
lost work
91
seven mēmrē against the supporters of Photinus, Marcellus, Sabellius, and Paul of Samosata
91
work on the Incarnation
90
Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
87
Commentary on Daniel
75
Commentary on John
87
Commentary on the Apocalypse
75
Dionysius the Areopagite (see also Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite)
72
Disciples of Aba I, The / Disciples of Mar Aba
19, 137
entry (§ 62)
137
lists of
137
lost works
137
Dorotheus of Tyre
73
Dositheus
112
founder of a Samaritan sect
112
Egyptian Monastic Fathers
118
Elias of Damascus
Arabic Nomocanon
208
identified with Elias ibn ʿUbaid, bishop of Jerusalem (later metropolitan of Damascus)
208
Elijah I of Ṭirhan / (Catholicos) Mar Elijah I
37, 48, 52, 160, 205, 212
collection of canons on inheritance law
205
entry (§ 184)
205
On the Foundations of Religion (in Arabic)
205
redacted and compiled the Synodicon Orientale
205
Syriac Grammar
160, 205
Elijah III Abū Ḥalīm, (Mar)
39, 213
Abū Ḥalīm (see also liturgical tradition, East Syriac)
213
entry (§ 196)
213
homilies (in Arabic)
213
one letter
213
Elijah bar Kanosh
37, 204
entry (§ 183)
204
lost works
204
Elijah of Anbar
36–37, 203
Book of Exercise / Book of Centuries
203
entry (§ 180)
203
lost works
203
Elijah of Merv
22, 151–152
commentary on Psalms
152
entry (§ 79)
151–152
Khuzistan Chronicle
152
lost works
151–152
metropolitan
151
Elijah of Nisibis / Elijah bar Shinaya / Elijah of Soba
37, 48, 114, 183, 196, 206
Chronography / chronicle (in Arabic and Syriac)
162, 206
ecclesiastical judicial decisions / four-volume canonical collection
207, 212
in Arabic translation
207
entry (§ 186)
206–207
grammar
207
letters
Letter on the Priority of Abstinence
181
Arabic translation
181
one Syriac letter
207
several Arabic letters
207
mēmrē
207
metropolitan
206
Elishaʿ bar Quzbaye / Elishaʿ the Interpreter
24, 51, 161
commentary on Job
161–162
created the cause genre
162
entry (§ 91)
161–162
lost works
162
Elishaʿ bar Sabine
33, 194
entry (§ 158)
194
lost works
194
Emmanuel bar Shahhare / Emmanuel the doctor
38, 209
entry (§ 190)
209
Hexaemeron
90–91, 209
lost works
209
emperors
Constantine the Great
110, 210
Leo the Great / Leon
210
Theodosius the Great
210
ʿEnanishoʿ
22, 55, 118, 149
Book of the Paradise of the Fathers
118, 141, 143
entry (§ 75)
149
Explanation of the Difficult and Obscure Words in the Bible
149
Ephrem of Elam
23–24, 159
entry (§ 87)
159
lost work
159
Ephrem the Syrian / great Ephrem / prophet of the Syrians
17, 48, 121–122, 124
acrostic memre
Alaha hab yulpana
123
collections of madrāshē
123
Against the Heresies
124
commentary on Daniel
122
commentary on Exodus
121–122
commentary on Ezekiel
122
commentary on Genesis
121–122
commentary on Isaiah
122
commentary on Jeremiah
122
commentary on Joshua
122
commentary on Judges
122
commentary on Kings
122
commentary on Leviticus
122
commentary on Samuel
122
Commentary on the Diatessaron
71
commentary on the Twelve
122
Dispute poem
124
entry (§ 52)
121–124
excerpted groups of three stanzas in the Hudra
123
four madrāshē against Julian
124
Letter to Publius
122
Letter to the Mountaineers
122
liturgical teshbḥātā
123
lost work
122
madrāshē and mēmrē “On Faith”
122
madrāshē “On the Church”
122
mēmrē (genuine)
122
pseudo-Ephremic works
122, 124
commentary on Psalms
122
mēmrā for Palm Sunday
124
mēmrē
122
“The disputation which was produced by Mar Ephrem the teacher against the Jews”
124
qālē of the Departed / necrosima / funeral canons
123
Syriac vita tradition
124
Volume against the Jews
123
Epictetus
82
Epiphanius of Salamis
14, 44, 73
entry (§ 34)
113
On the Divine Incarnation
113
Panarion
113
Anacephalaeosis
113
ʿEqebshma
29, 180
entry (§ 127)
180
lost works
180
Eunomius of Cyzicus
101, 147
Eunomians
91
Eusebius of Caesarea
10, 44, 47, 78, 162, 197
Apology for Origen
79–80
Canons of the Gospels
79
Chronicle
78–79
Ecclesiastical History
78
Armenian version
78
Encomium on the Martyrs
79
entry (§ 12)
78–80
Gospel Questions
79
Letter to Carpianus
71, 79
Life of Constantine
79
lost works
79
Martyrs of Palestine
79
Theophany
78
Eusebius of Emesa
14–15, 44, 114
entry (§ 36)
114
Fragments on the Octateuch and Kings
114
On Saint Stephan the Protomartyr
114
Eustathius of Antioch
85
Euthalian apparatus
68
Eutherius of Tyana
14, 45, 112
Against Cyril
112
entry (§ 33)
112–113
lost works
113
Evagrius Ponticus
15, 115, 139
Chapters on Knowledge
Gnostikos
115–116, 143, 169, 172
Kephalaia gnostika / Centuries
115–116, 139, 143, 169, 172, 176
Praktikos
115–116, 143, 169, 172
entry (§ 40)
115–116
exegetical tradition, (East) Syriac
153, 169
explorers
165
Felip Ribot (see also John II, bishop of Jerusalem)
88
The Book of the Institute of the First Monks who began under the Old Law and continue under the New, to Caprasius the monk
88
Flavius Josephus / Josephus the historian
41, 65
credited works of
41–42, 65–66
Gabriel Arya / Gabriel Qaṭraya
23, 153
attributions
Qaṭraya
153
Rabban
153
Rabban Gabriel
153
commentary on the text of Scripture
153–154
entry (§ 81)
153–154
relative of Isaac of Nineveh
153
Gabriel bar Bokhtishoʿ
36, 202
entry (§ 179)
202–203
Lexicon
202–203
other works
203
Gabriel of Baṣra
31, 39, 186
entry (§ 139)
186–187
legal compendium / collection of civil and ecclesiastical laws
186–187
metropolitan
212
Gabriel of Hormizdshir
22, 151
bishop
151
entry (§ 78)
151
lost works
151
Theodore of Merv’s brother
151
Gabriel of Shabokost
38, 50, 209
bishop
209
entry (§ 191)
209
lost works
209
Gabriel Qaṭraya
25–26, 140, 167
entry (§ 102)
167
lost works
167
Gaius of Rome
75, 121
George I / Catholicos George
22, 153
entry (§ 80)
153
lost works
153
proclamations on the Rogation
153
George Neshraya
33, 192
entry (§ 152)
192
lost work
192
George of Arbela
39, 212
compendium on inheritance law
212
metropolitan
211–212
work on marital law
212
Giwargis of Bʿeltan
159
Gregory of Cyprus
29, 144, 180
entry (§ 126)
180
three letters
180
Treatise on the Monastic Life
180
Gregory of Nazianzus / Gregory the Great
11, 47, 86, 144, 171
bishop
86
entry (§ 16)
86–87
Letter to Cledonius against Apollinarius
86–87
Orations
86–87
Passion of Christ
86
Poems
86
Gregory of Nyssa
11, 43, 46, 83–84
Apology for the Hexaemeron
85
book of mēmrē
84
Dialogue on the Soul and the Resurrection
84, 86
Eight Orations on the Beatitudes
84
entry (§ 15)
84–85
Fifteen Homilies on the Song of Songs
85
Five Orations on the Lord’s Prayer
84
Great Catechetical Oration
85
On the Creation of Man
85
questions
84
To the Greeks
85
Gregory of Shushtre
34, 196
entry (§ 166)
196
lost works
196
Gregory Thaumaturgus
80
Habib the Solitary
27, 172
entry (§ 113)
172
lost works
172
(Ḥasan) bar Bahlul
36, 202
entry (§ 179)
202–203
Lexicon
49, 150, 153, 164, 174, 202, 204
introduction
202
“night demon” (see also Cantropus)
164
Ḥenana of Adiabene
19, 48–49, 51, 133
Cause of Golden Friday
135
Cause of the Rogation
135
commentary on Genesis
134
commentary on Job
134
commentary on Psalms
133
commentary on the Pauline letters
134
commentary on the Twelve Prophets
134
entry (§ 59)
133–135
lost works
134–135
Ḥenanishoʿ I / Ḥenanishoʿ the lame
23, 51, 154–155
47 homilies
155
entry (§ 82)
154–155
homilies on the Gospels
155
lost works
155
one mēmrā
155
Two Causes of the Schools
155
Ḥenanishoʿ II / Catholicos Ḥenanishoʿ
23, 155
entry (§ 84)
155–156
lost works
156
Ḥenanishoʿ bar Seroshway
37, 49, 53, 203
bishop
203
entry (§ 181)
203–204
Lexicon
204
Questions on the Economy (incorrect attribution)
203–204
heretics
91, 129, 137, 158, 162, 193
heresies
113, 138, 216
Hiba / Hiba the Interpreter
19, 136, 164
entry (§ 61)
136–137
lost works
136–137
translated Theodore of Mopsuestia’s works
136
high medieval period
49
Hippolytus of Rome
9, 73–75
Against Noetus
74
Chapters against Gaius
75
Commentary on Daniel
75
Commentary on Susanna
75
entry (§ 8)
74–76
lost work
75
martyr and bishop
74
On John 19:34
76
On the Apocalypse
75
Arabic quotations
75
Holy Spirit
100–101
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq
24, 48, 53, 160
compendious lexicon
160
entry (§ 89)
160
grammar
160
lost work
160
physician
160
Hypatus / Hypatius
124
Ignatius, Mor
200
Ignatius of Antioch (and Pseudo-Ignatius)
10, 76
Canon
76–77
entry (§ 10)
76–77
Letters
76
Letter to Hero
77
Letter to the Tarsians
77
Interpreter of the Turks
28, 177
entry (§ 122)
177
Gannat Bussāmē
177
Elijah of Merv as a source
152
Interpreter, the (see also Theodore of Mopsuestia)
92, 106, 135, 169
Irenaeus of Tyre
13, 108
entry (§ 26)
108
lost work
108
Tragedy
108
Isaac of Nineveh, (Mar)
21, 90, 145, 153, 169
entry (§ 70)
145
“Fifth Part”
146
“First Part”
145–146
“Fourth Part” (in Garshuni)
146
“Second Part”
146
“Third Part”
146
Isaac Shbadnaya
159
prose commentary on Poem on God’s Governance from ‘In the Beginning’ until Eternity
56, 153, 159
Isaiah of Scetis / Abba Isaiah
15, 116
Asceticon
116, 141, 143
entry (§ 41)
116
Ishoʿ bar ʿAli
36, 160, 202
entry (§ 179)
202
Lexicon (Syriac-Arabic)
160, 202
physician
202
Ishoʿ bar Nun
24, 93, 95–99, 128, 160
consolations
161
entry (§ 90)
160–161
lawbook
161
lost works
160–161
questions on the whole text of Scripture
160–161
Theology
160
two letters
161
Ishoʿbokht of Revardashir
29, 182, 211
entry (§ 130)
182
lawbook
157, 182
mēmrē (lost works)
182
metropolitan
211
On This Universe
182
Hexaemeron
182
Ishoʿdad of Merv
32, 42, 64, 93–99, 106, 109, 114, 128–130, 132–134, 138, 150, 153, 161, 188–189, 204
commentary on the Beth Māwthbē
188
entry (§ 143)
188
New Testament commentaries
188
commentary on 1 Corinthians 10:4
129
Commentary on John
188
Ishoʿdnaḥ of Baṣra, (Mar)
30, 183
Book of Chastity
183
entry (§ 131)
183
lost works
183
one mēmrā
183
Ishoʿpanah Qaṭraya
28, 176
entry (§ 120)
176
lost works
176
Ishoʿyahb I of Arzun / Ishoʿyahb of Arzun
21, 51, 146–147
apology
147
entry (§ 72)
147
letter (and 20 canons)
147
lost works
147
twenty-two questions on the ecclesiastical mysteries
147
Ishoʿyahb II of Gdala / Ishoʿyahb of Gdala
21, 146
entry (§ 71)
146–147
lost works
146–147
two letters (Arabic and Syriac)
146
Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene / Ishoʿyahb of Adiabene
21–22, 148
106 letters
149
absolution
149
arrangement of the Ḥudrā
148
entry (§ 74)
148–149
liturgy of baptism
149
lost works
148–149
ordinations for all orders
149
Ishoʿyahb bar Malkon, (Mar)
39, 48, 213
Elucidation in Syriac Grammar (in Syriac and Arabic)
213
entry (§ 197)
213
lost works
213
Net of Points
213
one letter (in Arabic)
213
Isidore
14, 113
Israel of Kashkar
148–149
ordinations for all orders
149
Jacob
43, 119
disciple of John the Solitary / John of Apamea
119
entry (§ 48)
119
lost works
119
Jacob, bishop of the Island of Darai
47
Jacob of Edessa
34–35, 48, 62, 75, 197
Chronicle
197
entry (§ 168)
197
lost work
197
On the Antichrist in the Blessing of Dan
75
Syriac grammar
48
Jacob of Nisibis
108, 135
Jacob Qleṭaya
26, 167
entry (§ 103)
167
lost works
167
Jerome
16, 45, 118, 141
entry (§ 46)
118
History of the Monks in Egypt (incorrect attribution)
118, 141
Jews
44, 85, 88, 91, 114, 123–124, 129, 182
Job
14, 114
recipient of a letter from Zenobius
113
John / John of Thebes / John of Antioch / John Malalas
15, 44, 115
entry (§ 39)
115
John II, bishop of Jerusalem (see also Felip Ribot)
88
John Azraq
27, 175
entry (§ 116)
175
lost works
175
John bar Abgare
35, 51, 200
canons of the altar service
200
entry (§ 175)
200
lost works
200
Syriac texts on Islamic Law
200
John bar Kaldun
37, 205
collection of thirty-three sayings
206
entry (§ 185)
205–206
Life of Joseph Busnaya
143, 205–206
John bar Kamis
36, 48, 202
bishop
202
entry (§ 178)
202
lost work
202
John bar Penkaye
28, 178
book of the merchant
178–179
entry (§ 124)
178–179
lost works
178–179
Summary History of the World
178
John bar Zoʿbi / John of Zoʿbi
40, 48, 181, 203, 214
entry (§ 198)
214
Grammar
171, 214
metrical mēmrē
214
John Chrysostom (and Pseudo-Chrysostom)
11, 87, 106, 117
Against Jews and Gentiles that Christ is God
88
Against the Jews, Orations 1–8
88
Catechesis for the Newly Baptized
88
entry (§ 17)
87–89
homilies on the Pauline Epistles
87
Letter to Justinius
89
Letter to Pope Innocent, 1
89
Letter to Pope Innocent, 2
89
Letter to Stageirios, Being Harassed by a Demon
88
Letters 1–242
88
On John, Homilies 1–88
87
On Matthew, Homilies 1–90 / Commentary on Matthew
87
On the Fall of Theodore
89
On the Priesthood
87
Praise of the Egyptian Fathers / Praise of the Monks of Egypt
88
“The disputation against the Jews which was produced by the holy Mar John, bishop of Constantinople”
88
To Demetrius on Compunction
89
To Stelechius on Compunction
89
John Garmqaya
31, 51, 187
entry (§ 140)
187
Knowledge
187
lost works
187
John Harmis
38, 209
entry (§ 189)
209
two mēmrē
209
John of Beth Rabban
18, 48, 128–129
Commentary on 1 Corinthians
129
commentary on Exodus
128
commentary on Ezekiel
129
commentary on Jeremiah
129
commentary on Leviticus
128
Commentary on Numbers
129
Commentary on Proverbs
129
death from a plague
130
entry (§ 56)
128–130
lost works
129–130
mēmrē
129–130
Old Testament commentary
130
Questions on the New Testament
129
questions on the Old Testament
130
“refutation against Eutyches”
129
teshbḥātā
130
John of Dailam
27, 175
entry (§ 117)
175
lost works
175
John of Dalyatha
20–21, 50, 144
51 letters
145
Letters 48–49 (produced by Joseph Ḥazzaya)
145
entry (§ 69)
144–145
Homilies
144–145
John of Dara
90
Resurrection of Bodies
90
John of Nineveh
32, 189
entry (§ 146)
189
John, bishop of Nineveh and Mosul (incorrect identification)
189
volume on controversy
189–190
John the Solitary / John of Apamea
16, 118–119
Dialogue on the Soul and the Passions
119
entry (§ 47)
118–119
Letter about Rest or about Perfection
119
Letter about Spiritual Change
119
three volumes
118–119
John the Stylite in the Monastery of Mor Zʿuro near Serugh
201
short grammar
201
John the Stylite of Litarba / John the Stylite
36, 48, 52, 201
entry (§ 177)
201
lost work
201
multiple writers with similar names
201
Joseph Busnaya
37
Joseph Ḥazzaya
20, 49, 118, 142–143, 145
Book of Questions and Answers
142
attributed to ʿAbdishoʿ (Joseph’s brother)
142
commentary on the Chapters on Knowledge
143–144
commentary on the vision of Gregory
144
entry (§ 68)
142–144
letters on the monastic life
144
lost works
143–144
On Providence
142
Paradise of the Eastern Christians
143
treatise on the divine nature, the Holy Trinity, creation, and the Incarnation
142
Joseph Ḥuzaya
140
Jovian
110
Julian
184
who was inclined to Apollinarianism
184
Julian / Julian the Apostate
124, 184
Julian Romance
110–111
Julius Africanus
9, 43, 74
bishop
74
Chronography
74
commentaries on the New Testament
74
entry (§ 7)
74
letter to Aristides
74
Justinian I / Caesar
139
Justinius
89
Kalilah and Dimnah
193
Kantaeans
194
Kendi / ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī
32, 189
Apology
189
entry (§ 145)
189
Khūdāhwi, Mar
187
Kitāb al-Maǧdal (The Book of the Tower)
131
Komi
19, 136
entry (§ 61)
136
translated Theodore of Mopsuestia’s works (lost works)
136
Language, non-Syriac
Amharic
170
Arabic, (Christian)
41–42, 56, 64, 71, 75–76, 137, 146, 160, 169, 181, 200, 205–207, 213, 216
Gəʿəz
169–170
Greek / language of the Greeks / Greek-speaking
41, 43, 56, 67, 77, 87, 89, 111, 116, 118, 132, 136
Hebrew
67
Latin
67, 89
(Middle) Persian
42, 56, 71, 157, 182, 193
Sanskrit / Indian
193
Sogdian
115, 173
Late Antique period / late antiquity
42, 49
Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus
71, 79
Letter on the Fast of the Ninevites (in Arabic)
200
Letters of Paul, The
8, 41, 67–68
entry (§ 3)
68–70
liturgical tradition, (East Syriac)
123, 131
liturgy / liturgical year / liturgy-related
45, 55, 104, 123, 125–126, 140, 148–149, 204, 207
absolution
149
ʿAnida / burial service-book
138
daily office
126
Epiphany
105, 137, 190
eucharistic anaphora / service
127, 167
Feast of Hosannas
51, 135
Feast of the Cross
139
feasts, (illustrious)
140, 143, 166, 196
Friday night office
130
Golden Friday
135
Hosannas
139
Ḥudrā
123, 148, 207, 213
Abū Ḥalīm (see also Abū Ḥalīm, under Elijah III Abū Ḥalīm, (Mar))
207, 213
liturgical prayer
127
liturgical psalters
131
liturgy of baptism
149
Matins, (weekday)
131, 213
mysteries
100, 135, 147, 190, 204
Nativity
84, 105, 190
offices
50, 161, 168, 184
ordinations
148–149
questions asked to catechumens
135
rite for the consecration of a new church
149
rite of inaugurating a monk’s cell
141
ritual of consecrating an altar with chrism
127
Rogation(s)
129, 135, 153
Sessions
57, 213
weekday Vespers
131
Lucillus
114
Macarius of Alexandria / other Macarius
16, 117
3 Homilies
117
entry (§ 43)
117
Macarius of Egypt / Abba Macarius
15, 45, 114
entry (§ 37)
114–115
Homilies
114–115
Letters
114–115
Treatises
114–115
Macrina the Younger
84
Magi / Magians / Zoroastrian priests
101, 129, 166, 180–181, 197–198
disciples of Zoroaster
197
Magianism
101
Mandaeans / Dostaeans
194
Mani
44, 111, 124
Manichaeans / Manichees
91, 111–112, 151, 192–194
Manichaeism
91, 111
Marcion of Sinope
113, 124, 165
Marcionites / followers of Marcion
192–193
Mari the Persian
25, 166
entry (§ 99)
166
lost works
166
Mark the Monk / Mark the Hermit / Abba Mark
15, 115, 139, 182
entry (§ 38)
115
On the Spiritual Law
115, 139, 182
On those who think they are justified by works
115
Martyrius / Turis the Monk (see also Sahdona)
24, 159
martyrs
79, 83, 131, 162
Marutha of Maypherqaṭ
18, 52, 121, 130
Acts of the Persian Martyrs
131
bishop and skilled physician
130
entry (§ 57)
130–131
lost work
131
ʿonyātā
131
pseudo-Apostolic canons
121, 131
qālē for the martyrs
131
Maruzaya
36, 202
entry (§ 179)
202
identified with Ishoʿ Maruzaya (Ishoʿ of Merv)
202
identified with Zechariah Maruzaya (Zechariah of Merv)
202
lexicon
202
Maryahb
27–28, 175
entry (§ 118)
175–176
letter (lost work)
175–176
Methodius of Olympus (see also Pseudo-Methodius of Olympus)
12, 89
bishop
89
letters (lost works)
89
Miaphysite(s) / Syrian Orthodox
112, 147, 193
Michael Badoqa
22, 150
Book of Questions
150
entry (§ 76)
150
Michael the Great
Chronicle
74
Mika Gramkaya / Mika the doctor
25, 164
entry (§ 95)
164
identified with Mika, the student of Hiba (incorrect)
164
lost works
164
Miles
17, 120
entry (§ 50)
120
lost works
120
Mishnah, Syriac translation of (incorrect)
64
Mishnah Avot
64
medieval rabbinic work similar to
64
monasteries
convent of Zaʿfaran
176
Monastery of Mor Zʿuro near Serugh
201
monks
88, 102, 104, 110, 118, 140–141
Moses bar Kepha
74, 113
Commentary on Paradise
74
Commentary on the Hexaemeron
113
Moses Karkaya
38, 208
Beauty of the Ways of Life
208
entry (§ 188)
208
Mshiḥa-Zekha
33, 191
Chronicle of Arbela
191
forgery by Mingana
191
entry (§ 150)
191
Muslims
187
Narsai
17–18, 48–49, 54, 125
commentary on the sacraments
125–126
entry (§ 53)
125–126
harp of the Spirit
125
lost works
125–126
mēmrē
125
Nathniel of Shirzor
33, 48, 193, 204
commentary on Exodus
194
commentary on Psalms
194
entry (§ 157)
193–194
lost works
193–194
Nemesius of Emesa
85
On Human Nature
85
Nestorius, (Mar)
12, 43, 45, 103, 108, 110, 210
Apology or Tragedy or History
103
Book of Heracleides
103
book of letters
104–105
deposed
210
entry (§ 21)
103–105
homilies
105
Letter to Cosmas
103
liturgy
104
mēmrē
105
patriarch
103
New Testament, The
8, 41–42, 66
entry (§ 2)
66–68
Nilus of Ancyra / Nilus the monk / Nilus, the disciple of John Chrysostom / Nilus the Solitary
16, 117, 144
entry (§ 45)
117–118
Letters / Admonitions
117–118
Pearls
117–118
Old Testament, The
7, 41–42, 62
entry (§ 1)
62–66
Opuscula nestoriana
94, 96
Origen of Alexandria
78, 80, 108, 113
pagans
85
Palladius
16, 45, 118, 141
entry (§ 46)
118
Lausiac History
118, 141
Pamphilus of Caesarea / Pamphylius
113–114
Paqor
35, 198
Parparwān, heretic
198
Patristic period
41
Paul
126
consolations
126
Paul of Anbar
25, 166
bishop
166
entry (§ 101)
166
homily on Pentecost
166
lost works
166
Paul of Nisibis
20, 49–50, 138
commentary on the text of Scripture
138
disputation against Caesar
139
entry (§ 65)
138–139
lost works
139
Paul the Patriarch of the Church of the East
104
Paulona / Julian
25, 165
entry (§ 97)
165
lost works
165
Philosophy, (spiritual)
176
of the Greeks
216
Philosophers
109, 180–181
Philotheus
13, 46–47, 108
entry (§ 27)
108
Healer
46–47, 108
lost works
108
Philoxenus of Mabbug
144
Florilegium against Habib
123
Letter to the Monks of Senoun
104
Phocas bar Sergius of Edessa
72
physics, field of
196
Polycarp
132
pope of the East / West
121
patriarch of Antioch
121
Proba
19, 136
commentary on Aristotle’s On Interpretation
136
commentary on Aristotle’s Prior Analytics
136
commentary on Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s logical works
136
entry (§ 61)
136–137
translated Aristotelian works
136
Proclus of Constantinople
30, 185
entry (§ 134)
185
homilies
185
letters
185
lost works
185
Publius (misspelled)
185
Psalter, Church of the East
132–133
farcings
132
pseudepigrapha
65
Pseudo-Caesarius (see also Caesarius of Nazianzus)
86
Questions and Answers
86
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (see also Dionysius the Areopagite)
9, 72
entry (§ 5)
72
Pseudo-Dionysian Corpus
72
Pseudo-Methodius of Olympus (see also Methodius of Olympus)
12, 43, 89
Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius
89
entry (§ 18)
89
Qorṭā
204
friend of Abzod Eskolaya
204
Qur’ān
92, 189
Quryaqos of Nisibis
32, 190
entry (§ 148)
190
lost works
190
Sabrisho of Lashom, Mar
164
Sahdona (see also Martyrius / Turis the Monk)
24, 159
Book of Perfection
159
entry (§ 88)
159
Sasanian Empire
Christians in the
140
practice of close-kin marriages
133
Sasanian shahs
Khosrow I / Khosrow Anushirvan
129–130
death
130
Khosrow II
162
school tradition, East Syriac
48, 151
schools
school in Nisibis (prior to Narsai)
162
School of Edessa
48
School of Nisibis
48, 133, 140, 162, 194
School of Seleucia
153
writings
foundations (cause works)
51, 152, 162, 164
Seder Tannaim ve-Amoraim
64
Sergius
25, 165
disciple of Aba I
165
entry (§ 98)
165
lost works
165
Sergius Dwada
51, 155
Sergius of Reshʿayna
19–20, 51, 55, 72, 138, 151
entry (§ 64)
138
On the Goal of Aristotle’s Categories
138
Severus of Antioch
105, 193
Against Julian
105
Against the Grammarian
91, 99, 103–105, 112
Philalethes
101, 104–105, 109
Severians
193
To Nephalius and to Sergius
104–105
Sextus
16, 43, 46, 117
entry (§ 44)
117
Sentences of Sextus
117
Shahdost
27, 172
bishop
172
entry (§ 112)
172
lost works
172
Shaliṭa of Reshʿayna
27, 171
29 prayers
171
bishop
171
entry (§ 110)
171
lost works
171
Shisban
50, 193
Shubḥalmaran, (Mar)
28, 177
Book of Gifts
177
defined chapters on knowledge
177
entry (§ 123)
177–178
letters
178
Simeon Barqaya
35, 162, 197
entry (§ 169)
197
lost work
197
possibly identified with Simeon Garmqaya
162
possibly identified with Simeon Karkaya
197
Simeon bar Ṣabbaʿe
17, 48, 120
entry (§ 49)
120
one letter
120
Simeon bar Ṭabaḥe
32, 190
book of ecclesiastical history
190
entry (§ 149)
190
lost work
190
Simeon Garmqaya
24, 52, 162
entry (§ 92)
162
lost work
162
possibly identified with Simeon Barqaya
162
Simeon of Revardashir
97–98, 211–212
entry (§ 194)
211–212
lawbook
211–212
metropolitan
211
Simeon of Taibutheh
27, 50, 52, 174
Book of Grace
174
book on medicine
174
entry (§ 115)
174–175
Homily on the Consecration of the Cell
174–175
Medico-Mystical Work
174
Simeon Qurdalḥnaya
34, 195
entry (§ 160)
195
lost works
195
Simon the Persecuted
93, 95, 98, 101, 107
Socrates Scholasticus
13, 110–111
Ecclesiastical History
109–110
entry (§ 29)
110–111
Solomon of Baṣra / Solomon Kalṭāyā of Baṣra
40, 73, 90, 150, 214
Book of the Bee
73, 214
entry (§ 199)
214–215
lost works
214
prayers
214
Solomon of Ḥdatta, (Mar)
31, 188
bishop
188
entry (§ 142)
188
lost works
188
Sourin the Interpreter
24, 162
entry (§ 93)
162–163
lost works
162–163
Stephen
84, 114
Susay of Shush
34, 195
entry (§ 164)
195
lost work
195
Symmachus
10, 43, 46, 77
entry (§ 11)
77
Explanation of the Commandments / Distinction of the Commandments (lost work)
46, 77–78
Synodicon against the Tragoedia of Irenaeus
107
Synodicon Orientale
127, 157, 205, 211
Synods of the Eastern Christians
38–39, 211
entry (§ 193)
211
Synod of 676
153
Synod of 782
157–158
Synod of Aba I / Synod of 544
133, 211
Synod of Beth Lapat (484)
211
Synod of Ezekiel (576)
211
Synod of Ishoʿ bar Nun (820)
211
Synod of Ishoʿyahb I / Synod of 585
211
Synod of John bar Abgare (900)
211
canons (in Arabic and Syriac)
200
Synod of Joseph (554)
53, 211
Synod of (Mar) Isaac (410)
121, 211
Synods of Timothy
211
Synods of the Western Christians
38, 210
Council of Chalcedon (451)
159, 190, 210
Council of Ephesus (431)
42, 53, 210
Council of Jerusalem
210
entry (§ 192)
210–211
First Council of Constantinople (381)
210
(First) Council of Nicaea (325)
131, 210
Synod of Antioch (341)
210
Synod of Gangra (ca. 340–342)
210
Synods (post-Catalogue)
Synod of Diamper (1599)
206
Syriac milieu, (non)
7, 64
Syriac Poetry
madrāshā / madrāshē
57, 122–124, 126–128, 130, 137, 149, 165, 167, 187, 208
mēmrā / mēmrē
1, 5, 45–46, 52, 57, 61, 73, 79–82, 84, 88, 91, 103, 105, 107, 113–114, 117, 120, 122–127, 129–130, 132, 135, 138, 141–142, 144, 147, 149–151, 153, 155–156, 162, 164, 167–169, 172–173, 175–176, 178–179, 181–183, 187, 192–193, 195, 199, 201, 203–205, 207–209, 213–214, 216–217, 219
‘onyātā
57, 130–131, 149, 153, 161, 171–172, 213
qālā / qālē
57, 123, 130–131, 138, 172
soghyātā
57, 172
teshbḥātā
57, 123, 126–127, 130, 153, 173, 176
Syro-Roman Lawbook
54, 210
Theodore bar Koni
30–31, 50, 93–96, 128, 185
entry (§ 136)
185–186
lost works
186
Scholion
50, 185–186
Seert recension
185
Urmiah recension
185
collections of excerpts attributed to Sylvain of Qardu
185–186
Theodore of Kark Guddan
138
Theodore of Merv
22, 150
entry (§ 77)
150–151
lost works
151
Mēmrā on Mar Awgen
150–151
metropolitan
150
Theodore of Mopsuestia / Theodore the Interpreter (see also Interpreter, the)
12, 44, 46, 77, 80, 92, 99, 106, 136, 169
Against Apollinarius
102
Against Eunomius
101
Against the Allegorical Ones
102
Against the Defenders of Original Sin
101
Against the Magians
101
Book of Pearls
102
Catechetical Homilies
100
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes
94
Commentaries on John
96
Commentaries on the Minor Epistles of Paul
98–99
Commentary on the Twelve Minor Prophets
93, 95
entry (§ 20)
92–103
Exposition on the Psalms / Commentary on Psalms
93
Fragments on Genesis / Commentary on Genesis
92–93
Fragments on Isaiah / Commentary on Isaiah
95
Fragments on Job
94
Fragments on Luke / Commentary on Luke
95–96
apology
96
Fragments on Matthew / Commentary on Matthew
95–96
Fragments on the Acts of the Apostles / Commentary on Acts
96–97
Fragments on the Kingdoms
94
Fragments on the Letter to the Hebrews / Commentary on Hebrews
99–100
Fragments on the Letter to the Romans / Commentary on Romans
97
Fragments on the Letters to the Corinthians 1 and 2 / Commentary on 1–2 Corinthians
97–98
influence on the East Syriac tradition
135
lost works
95, 102–103
On the Holy Spirit
100–101
On the Incarnation
101
On the Perfection of Governing
102
On the Priesthood
100
recipients of works
Alphaeus / Alipha
92
Basil / Eusie
96, 102
Cerdon / Cedron
93
Cerdon’s brother
93
Cyril the Egyptian
94
Eusebius / Athanasius
96–97
Eustratius / Tartalis
98
Jacob
99
Julius
95
Mamrianus / Marbabi / Marbani
94
Martyrius / Mar Toma / Mar Touba
93
Peter / Mauriqi
99
Porphyrius / Mar Phurya
94
Quirinus / Heudatos
99
Theodore
98
Treatise against the Allegorists / Against the Allegorical Ones
102
Theodoret of Cyrus
13, 108, 112
Book Five against Cyril and the Council of Ephesus (Pentalogue)
109
Cure of the Greek Maladies
109
Ecclesiastical History
76, 109–110
entry (§ 28)
108–109
Interpretation into Daniel
109
lost work
108
many letters
109–110
Religious History
108
Ten Orations on Providence
109
Twelfth Attack on the Anathemas of Cyril
109
Theodosius, Catholicos
126, 166
Theodoulos
12, 106
entry (§ 22)
106
Fragments on Isaiah
106
lost work
106
Theopaschites
86, 112
Theophilus the Persian
14, 43, 112
entry (§ 32)
112
lost works
112
Thomas of Edessa
19, 104, 132, 137
cause of the Epiphany
137
cause of the Nativity
137
entry (§ 63)
137–138
lost works
138
Qālē / chants
138
translated Nestorius’ liturgy
104
Thomas of Ḥarqel
132
Thomas of Marga
88, 149, 189
Book of Governors
191
Timothy I / Timothy
23, 65, 128, 157, 182, 211
“book of disputations” / “treatise against the Council of Chalcedon”
158–159
canons
157
collected and assembled the Synodicon Orientale
157
disputation with Mahdī
157–158
entry (§ 86)
157–159
letters
157–158
lost works
157–159
other canons
157
synodical volumes
157
Titus of Bostra
13–14, 44, 111
Against the Manichaeans
111
entry (§ 30)
111
Translations of the Bible
Septuagint
64
Syriac version of
65
Syriac versions
Diatessaron
8, 41–42, 67, 71
Harklean
67
Old Syriac Gospels
67
Peshitta Bible
62, 67
Peshitta New Testament
67
Peshitta Old Testament
62
Peshitta version (older)
62, 67
Philoxenian
62, 67
Revision by Jacob of Edessa
62
Syro-hexapla(ric)
62, 65
version of Isaiah
132
Syro-Lucianic
132
wandering Matthew
140, 167
Western Christians
141
Western patriarchs
121
Flavianus of Ephesus
121
Gaius of Rome
121
letter, written by
121
Paul of Antioch
121
Petrus of Alexandria
121
Writers of Laws
39, 211
entry (§ 194)
211–212
Yahbaḥuhy, Mar / Ahadabuhy
17, 120–121
entry (§ 51)
120–121
lost work
121
metropolitan of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
120
Yazidad, (Abba)
34, 53, 195
entry (§ 161)
195
Gleanings (lost work)
53, 195
Zaccheus Supnaya
35, 199
entry (§ 173)
199
lost work
199
Zenobius / Zenobius of Gazir / Zenobius, the bishop of Zephyrion in Cilicia
14, 113
entry (§ 35)
113–114
lost works
113–114