Dionysius von Tellmahre, jakobitischer Patriarch von 818–845: Zur Geschichte der Kirche unter dem Islam R. Abramowski, Dionysius von Tellmahre, jakobitischer Patriarch von 818–845: Zur Geschichte der Kirche unter dem Islam. Leipzig: Komm. Brockhaus, 1940.Historic Authors: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel Mare: Chronicle of Zuqnin
The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre for the Christian Epoch of the First Part of his Chronicle W. Witakowski, “The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre for the Christian Epoch of the First Part of his Chronicle”, in After Bardaisan: studies on continuity and change in Syriac Christianity in honour of Professor Han J.W. Drijvers, A. C. Klugkist and Reinink, G. J., Eds. Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en dép.oosterse Studies, 1999, pp. 329–366.Historic Authors: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel Mare: Chronicle of Zuqnin
The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre for the Second Part of his Chronicle W. Witakowski, “The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre for the Second Part of his Chronicle”, in Leimōn: studies presented to Lennart Rydén on his sixty-fifth birthday, Uppsalla: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1996, pp. 181–210.Historic Authors: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel Mare: Chronicle of Zuqnin
The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius for the Third Part of his Chronicle W. Witakowski, “The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius for the Third Part of his Chronicle”, Orientalia Suecana, vol. 40, pp. 252–275, 1991.Historic Authors: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel Mare: Chronicle of Zuqnin
Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre Chronicle, Part III W. Witakowski, Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre Chronicle, Part III. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996.Historic Authors: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel Mare: Chronicle of Zuqnin
The Syriac Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Maḥrē: A Study in the History of Historiography W. Witakowski, The Syriac Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Maḥrē: A Study in the History of Historiography. Uppsala: Uppsala University, 1987.Historic Authors: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel Mare: Chronicle of Zuqnin
The Chronicle of Zuqnin, parts III and IV: A.D. 488-775, translated from Syriac with notes and introduction A. Harrak, The Chronicle of Zuqnin, parts III and IV: A.D. 488-775, translated from Syriac with notes and introduction. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1999.Historic Authors: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel Mare: Chronicle of Zuqnin
Chronicum Anonymum Pseudo-Dionysianum vulgo dictum, II R. Hespel, Chronicum Anonymum Pseudo-Dionysianum vulgo dictum, II. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1989.Historic Authors: Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel Mare: Chronicle of Zuqnin
Vat. sir. 162 See entry in Assemani Binding f. Ir-IIIv Modern Transcription from the Chronicle of Zuqnin f. 1r-2r End of a Letter f. 2v-173v Chronicle of Zuqnin Binding
Syriac Historical Writing Abbreviations: ET = English translation FT = French translation GT = German translation LT = Latin translation Main West Syriac Chronicles1 Pseudo-Zacharias Rhetor:Ecclesiastical History (6th cent.) Also includes Joseph and Aseneth, 7 Sleepers of Ephesus, Silvester, and Baptism of Constantine. Text: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Historia ecclesiastica Zachariae rhetori vulgo adscripta (I), vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1919. E. W. Brooks, Ed., Historia ecclesiastica Zachariae rhetori vulgo adscripta; Accedit fragmentum Historiae ecclesiasticae Dionysii Telmahrensis (II), vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1953. (replaces J. P. N. Land, Ed., Zachariae Episcopi Mitylenes aliorumque Scripta Historica Graece plerumque deperdita, vol. 3, 4 vol. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1870.). LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae Rhetori Vulgo Adscripta I [Versio], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1924. E. W. Brooks, Ed., Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae Rhetori Vulgo Adscripta II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1924. ET: F. J. Hamilton and Brooks, E. W., Eds., The Syriac Chronicle Known as that of Zachariah of Mitylene. London: Methuen & Co., 1899. Study: E. Honigmann, Patristic studies. Vatican City: Apostolic Vatican Library, 1953. Pp. 194–204. John of Ephesus: Ecclesiastical History (6th cent.)2 Text: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae pars Tertia [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Peeters, 1935. LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae pars Tertia [Version], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Peeters, 1936. (= Part III; Fragments of Parts I–II: cp J-B. Chabot in ROC 2; much of Part II is preserved in Pseduo-Dionysius). ET: E. W. Brooks, Ed., “John of Ephesus: Lives of the Eastern Saints (III)”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1926, pp. 151-285. (Part III). J. van Ginkel (in preparation, Part III). GT: J. M. Schönfelder, Die kirchen-geschichte bes Johanes von Ephesus aus dem Syrischen übersetzt. Mit einer Abhandlung über die Tritheïten. Munich: Lentner, 1862. (1862). Study: J. J. van Ginkel, “John of Ephesus: a monophysite historian in sixth-century Byzantium”, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, 1996. Pseduo-Dionysius of Tellmahre: Chronicle ('Zuqnin Chronicle') (8th cent.) Text: J. - B. Chabot, Ed., Chronicon Pseudo Dionysianum Vulgo Dictum I. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1927. J. - B. Chabot, Ed., Chronicon Pseudo Dionysianum Vulgo Dictum II. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1927. Translations LT of vol.I: J. - B. Chabot, Incerti Auctoris Chronicon Pseudo Dionysianum Vulgo Dictum I. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1927. FT of vol.II: R. Hespel, Chronicum Anonymum Pseudo-Dionysianum vulgo dictum, II. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1989. ET of vol.I, pp.235–317 ("Joshua the Stylite", AD 495–507): W. Wright, The Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite Composed in Syriac A.D. 507. Cambridge: University Press, 1882. F. R. Trombley and Watt, J. W., The chronicle of pseudo-Joshua the Stylite. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000. GT: A. Luther, Die syrische Chronik des Josua Stylites. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1997. FT of vol.I, pp.235–317: J. P. P. Martin, Chronique de Josué le Stylite écrite ver l'an 515. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1876. ET of vol.II: A. Harrak, The Chronicle of Zuqnin, parts III and IV: A.D. 488-775, translated from Syriac with notes and introduction. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1999. ET of vol. II, pp.2–145 (Derived mostly from John of Ephesus, Book II): W. Witakowski, Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre Chronicle, Part III. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996. ET of vol.II, pp.147–60: R. Hoyland, Palmer, A., and Brock, S. P., Eds., The seventh century in the West-Syrian chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1993., 53–70. FT of vol.II, pp.145–376: J. - B. Chabot, Ed., Chronique de Denys de Tell-Mahré. Quatrième partie. Paris: Émile Bouillon Library, 1895. Studies: W. Witakowski, The Syriac Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Maḥrē: A Study in the History of Historiography. Uppsala: Uppsala University, 1987. A. Palmer, “Who Wrote the Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite”, in Lingua restituta orientalis: Festgabe für Julius Assfalg, R. Schulz and Görg, M., Eds. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1990, pp. 272–284. J. W. Watt, “Greek historiography and the Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite”, in After Bardaisan: studies on continuity and change in Syriac Christianity in honour of Professor Han J.W. Drijvers, G. J. Reinink and Klugkist, A. C., Eds. Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en dép.oosterse Studies, 1999, pp. 317-327. W. Witakowski, “The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius for the Third Part of his Chronicle”, Orientalia Suecana, vol. 40, pp. 252–275, 1991. W. Witakowski, “The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre for the Second Part of his Chronicle”, in Leimōn: studies presented to Lennart Rydén on his sixty-fifth birthday, Uppsalla: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1996, pp. 181–210. W. Witakowski, “The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre for the Christian Epoch of the First Part of his Chronicle”, in After Bardaisan: studies on continuity and change in Syriac Christianity in honour of Professor Han J.W. Drijvers, A. C. Klugkist and Reinink, G. J., Eds. Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en dép.oosterse Studies, 1999, pp. 329–366. M. Whitby, “The Era of Philip and the Chronicle of Zuqnin”, Classica et Mediaevalia, vol. 43, pp. 179-185, 1992. Dionysius of Tellmahre: Ecclesiastical and Secular History (9th cent.) Text (fragment only): E. W. Brooks, Ed., Historia ecclesiastica Zachariae rhetori vulgo adscripta; Accedit fragmentum Historiae ecclesiasticae Dionysii Telmahrensis (II), vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1953. Pp. 219–224. LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae Rhetori Vulgo Adscripta II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1924.. ET (reconstruction, on basis of (5) and (6), of material on 7th century): Citekey 381 not found Pp. 85–221. Study: R. Abramowski, Dionysius von Tellmahre, jakobitischer Patriarch von 818–845: Zur Geschichte der Kirche unter dem Islam. Leipzig: Komm. Brockhaus, 1940. Michael the Great: Chronicle (12th cent.)3 Text and FT: J-B. Chabot (1899–1910). J. - B. Chabot, Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche, 1166-1199, vol. 1, 4 vol. Paris: E. Leroux, 1899. J. - B. Chabot, Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche, 1166-1199, vol. 2, 4 vol. Paris: E. Leroux, 1901. J. - B. Chabot, Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche, 1166-1199, vol. 3, 4 vol. Paris: E. Leroux, 1905. J. - B. Chabot, Ed., Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche, 1166-1199, vol. 4, 4 vol. Paris: E. Leroux, 1963. Studies: M. Morony, “Michael the Syrian as a Source for Economic History”, Hugoye: Journal for Syriac Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 141-172, 2000. J. J. van Ginkel, “Making History: Michael the Syrian and his Sixth-Century Sources”, in Title Symposium syriacum VII, vol. 7, 7 vol., R. Lavenant, Ed. Rome: Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies, 1998, pp. 351–358. D. Weltecke, “The World Chronicle by Patriarch Michael the Great: Some Reflections”, Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 6-29, 1997. D. Weltecke, “Originality and Function of Formal Structures in the Chronicle of Michael the Great”, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, vol. 3, pp. 173-202, 2000. Bibliography: W. Hage, “Michael der Syrer (1126/27-1199)”, Theologische Realenzyklopädie, vol. 22, pp. 710-712, 1992. Anonymous: Chronicle ad annum 1234 Text: I. A. Barsoum and Chabot, J. - B., Eds., Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens [textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1920. J. - B. Chabot, Ed., Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1917. LT of vol.I: J. - B. Chabot, Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens, vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1937. FT of vol.II: A. Abuna and Fiey, J. - M., Anonymi auctoris chronicon ad A.C. 1234 Pertinens, II. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1974. Including index. Barhebraeus: Chronicle4 Text: P. Bedjan, Ed., Gregorii Barhebræi Chronicon Syriacum e codd. mss. emendatum ac punctis vocalibus adnotationibusque locupletatum. Paris: Maisonneuve, 1890. Text and ET: E. A. W. Budge, Ed., The Chronography of Gregory Abû'l Faraj, the Son of Aaron, the Hebrew Physician, Commonly Known as Bar Hebraeus: Being the First Part of his Political History of the Word: Translated from the Syriac, 2 vol. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1932. Study: S. R. Todt, “Die syrische und die arabische Weltgeschichte des Bar Hebraeus - ein Vergleich”, Der Islam, vol. 65, 1986. Compares his Syriac and Arabic chronicles. Barhebraeus: Ecclesiastical History Text and LT: J.B. Abbeloos and T.J. Lamy (1872–7). J. - B. Abbeloos and Lamy, T. J., Eds., Gregorii Barhebraei Chronicon ecclesiasticum, vol. 1, 3 vol. Louvain: Peeters, 1872. J. - B. Abbeloos and Lamy, T. J., Eds., Gregorii Barhebraei Chronicon ecclesiasticum, vol. 2, 3 vol. Paris/Louvain: Maisonneuve/Peeters, 1874. J. - B. Abbeloos and Lamy, T. J., Eds., Gregorii Barhebræi Chronicon ecclesiasticum, vol. 3, 3 vol. Paris/Louvain: Maisonneuve/Peeters, 1877. Bibliography on Bar Hebraeus: J. - M. Fiey, “Esquisse d'une bibliographie de Bar Hébraeus (1286)”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 13, pp. 279–312, 1986. Shorter West Syriac Chronicles Chronicle of Edessa (6th cent.) Text and LT: I. Guidi, Ed., Chronica Minora [Text]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903. I. Guidi, Ed., Chronica Minora [Translation]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903. Text and GT: L. Hallier, Untersuchungen über die edessenische Chronik. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1892. ET: B. H. Cowper, “Selections from the Syriac. No. I: The Chronicle of Edessa”, The Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record, vol. 5.9, pp. 28-45, 1864. Study: W. Witakowski, “Chronicles of Edessa”, Orientalia Suecana, vol. 33/35, pp. 487–498, 1984. Maronite Chronicle Text and LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. E. W. Brooks, Guidi, I., and Chabot, J. - B., Eds., Chronica Minora, III [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1905. ET of pp. 69–74: S. P. Brock, Palmer, A., and Hoyland, R., Eds., The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 29–35. GT: T. Nöldeke, “Zur Geschichte der Araber im 1. Jahrh. d, H. aus syrischen Quellen: I. Die letzten Kämpfe um den Besitz Syriens”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 29, pp. 82-98, 1847.. With commentary. FT: F. Nau, “Opuscules maronites”, Revue de l'Orient chrétien, vol. 4, pp. 318-342, 1899.. See pp. 322–8. Jacob of Edessa (d.708), Chronicle Text and LT (fragments only): E. W. Brooks, Guidi, I., and Chabot, J. - B., Eds., Chronica Minora, III [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1905. E. W. Brooks, Chronica Minora, III [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1907. ET: E. W. Brooks, “The Chronological Canon of James of Edessa”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 53, pp. 261-327, 1899. E. W. Brooks, “The Chronological Canon of James of Edessa”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 54, pp. 100-102, 1900. ET of 324–7: S. P. Brock, Palmer, A., and Hoyland, R., Eds., The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 36–42. Anonymous fragments in Berlin, Sachau 315 (on AD 501–6, 763–4) Text and LT: E. W. Brooks, Guidi, I., and Chabot, J. - B., Eds., Chronica Minora, III [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1905. E. W. Brooks, Chronica Minora, III [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1907. Chronicle of disasters 712–716 Text and FT: F. Nau, “Un colloque de Patriarche Jean avec l'Émir des Agaréens et faits divers des années 712 à 716 d'après le ms. du British museum add. 17193 avec un appendice sur le patriarche Jean 1er . . .”, Journal asiatique, vol. 11.5, pp. 225-279, 1915.. See pp. 253–256, 264–267. ET: S. P. Brock, Palmer, A., and Hoyland, R., Eds., The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 45–48. Chronicle ad annum 724 Text and LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. J. - B. Chabot, Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ET of pp.138–154, 155: S. P. Brock, Palmer, A., and Hoyland, R., Eds., The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 5–24, 49–50. Study: A. Palmer, “Une chronique contemporaine de laconquête arabe”, in La Syrie de Byzance à l'Islam: VIIe-VIIIe siècles. Actes du colloque international, Lyon, Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen, Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe 11-15 septembre 1990, P. Canivet and Rey-Coquais, J. - P., Eds. Damascus: Institut français de Damas, 1992, pp. 31-46. Chronicle ad annum 775 Text and LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904., Pp. 337-349. J. - B. Chabot, Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ET p. 348: S. P. Brock, Palmer, A., and Hoyland, R., Eds., The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 51–52. Chronicle ad annum 813 Text and LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. J. - B. Chabot, Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ET: E. W. Brooks, “A Syriac Fragment”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 54, pp. 195-230, 1900. Chronicle ad annum 819 Text: I. A. Barsoum and Chabot, J. - B., Eds., Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens [textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1920. LT: J. - B. Chabot, Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens, vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1937. ET: pp. 10–15: S. P. Brock, Palmer, A., and Hoyland, R., Eds., The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 75–80. Chronicle ad annum 846 Text and LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. J. - B. Chabot, Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ET: E. W. Brooks, “A Syriac Chronicle of the Year 846”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 51, pp. 569-588, 1897. ET pp. 230–32: S. P. Brock, Palmer, A., and Hoyland, R., Eds., The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 80–84. East Syriac Chronicles Fragment in Vatican Syriac 179 Text and LT: E. W. Brooks, Ed., Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. J. - B. Chabot, Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. Barhadbeshabba `Arbaya: Ecclesiastical History Text and FT: F. Nau, Ed., “La seconde partie de l’histoire de Barḥadbešabba ‘Arbaïa et controverse de Théodore de Mopsueste avec les Macédoniens”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1913, pp. 177-343. F. Nau, Ed., “La première partie de l’histoire de Barḥadbešabba ‘Arbaïa”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1932, pp. 177-343. Chronicle of Arbela Text and FT: A. Mingana, Ed., Mšiḥa-Zkha (texte et traduction); Bar-Penkayé (texte). Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1908. Text and GT: P. Kawerau, Die Chronik von Arbela [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1985. P. Kawerau, Die Chronik von Arbela [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1985. LT: F. Zorell, “Chronica Ecclesiae Arbelensis ex idiomate syriaco in latinum vertit”, Orientalia Christiana, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 143-204, 1927. GT: E. Sachau, Die Chronik von Arbela: ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des ältesten Christentums im Orient. Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaft, 1915. Studies: P. Peeters, “Le "Passionnaire d'Adiabène" ”, Analecta Bollandiana, vol. 43, pp. 261-305, 1925. I. O. de Urbina, “In torno al valore storico de la Cronaca di Arbela”, Orientalia Christiana Periodica, vol. 2, pp. 5-33, 1936. J. Assfalg, “Zur Textüberlieferung der Chronik von Arbela. Beobachtungen zu Ms. or. fol. 3126”, Oriens Christianus, vol. 50, pp. 19-36, 1966. J. - M. Fiey, “Auteur et date de la Chronique d'Arbèl”, L'Orient Syrien, vol. 12, pp. 265-302, 1967. W. Hage, “Early Christianity in Mesopotamia: Some Remarks concerning Authenticity of the Chronicle of Arbela”, The Harp, vol. 1, no. 2-3, pp. 39-46, 1988. Anonymous Chronicle ('Guidi's Chronicle/Khuzistan Chronicle') Text and LT: I. Guidi, Ed., Chronica Minora [Text]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903. See a transcription at CPART I. Guidi, Ed., Chronica Minora [Translation]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903. Text and Arabic Translation: B. Haddad, Sharbe medem men qlisiastiqe wad-qosmostiqe. Baghdad: Sharikat al-Dīwān lil-Ṭibāʻah, 1976. GT: T. Nöldeke, “Die von Guidi herausgegebene syrische Chronik”, Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol. 128, 1893. ET: Sebastian P. Brock, Lawrence I. Conrad and Michael Whitby, forthcoming (Eng. tr. with comm.) Study: P. Nautin, “L'auteur de la 'Chronique Anonyme de Guidi': Elie de Merw.”, Revue de l'histoire des religions, vol. 199, pp. 303-314, 1982. Suggests Elia of Merv as author. John of Phenek, Rish Melle Text and FT of Book XV: A. Mingana, Ed., Mšiḥa-Zkha (texte et traduction); Bar-Penkayé (texte). Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1908. ET of Book XV: S. P. Brock, “North Mesopotamia in the Late Seventh Century: Book XV of John Bar Penkaye's Riš Melle”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, vol. 9, pp. 51-75, 1987. [reprinted in S. P. Brock, “North Mesopotamia in the late seventh century: Book XV of John Bar Penkaye's Riš Melle”, in Studies in Syriac Christianity: history, literature, and theology, Brookfield: Variorum, 1992.]. Elijah of Nisibis: Opus Chronologicum Text and LT: E. W. Brooks and Chabot, J. - B., Eds., Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni opus chronologicum [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz, 1909. E. W. Brooks and Chabot, J. - B., Eds., Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni opus chronologicum II [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz, 1910. FT: L. J. Delaporte, Ed., La Chronographie d'Élie bar-Šinaya. Paris: H. Champion, 1910. GT (excerpts): F. Baethgen, Fragmente syrischer und arabischer Historiker, vol. 3. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1884. East Syriac Sources in Arabic (Including Translations of Lost Syriac Originals) Chronicle of Seert5 Text and FT: A. Scher, “Histoire Nestorienne Inédite (Chronique de Séert): Premère partie (I)”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1908, pp. 213-312. A. Scher, “Histoire Nestorienne Inédite (Chronique de Séert): Premère partie (II)”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1910, pp. 217-344. A. Scher, “Histoire Nestorienne Inédite (Chronique de Séert): Seconde partie (I)”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1911, pp. 95-203. A. Scher, “Histoire Nestorienne Inédite (Chronique de Séert): Seconde partie (II)”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1919, pp. 435-639. Index to Part I: PO 5, pp. 335–342. Index to Part II: J. - M. Fiey, “Table des noms propres de la seconde partie de la “Chronique de Seert"”, Mélanges de l’Université Saint-Joseph, vol. 42, pp. 199-218, 1966. Studies: P. Nautin, “L'auteur de la 'Chronique de Séert': Isho'denaḥ de Basra”, Revue de l'histoire des religions, vol. 186, pp. 113-126, 1974. Isho`dnah as possible author. J. - M. Fiey, “Iso'dnah et la chronique de seert”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 6, pp. 449–459, 1975.. On Nautin's suggestion. L. R. M. Sako, “Les sources de la chronique de Séert”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 14, pp. 155–166, 1987.. On sources. Mari, 'Amr and Sliba, De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria Text and LT: H. Gismondi, Maris Amri et Slibae de patriarchis nestorianorum commentaria ex codicibus vaticanis, vol. 1, 2 vol. Rome: C. de Luigi, 1899. H. Gismondi, Maris Amri et Slibae de patriarchis nestorianorum commentaria ex codicibus vaticanis, vol. 2, 2 vol. Rome: C. de Luigi, 1899. B. Holmberg, “A Reconsideration of the Kitab al-Magdal”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 18, pp. 255–273, 1993. Melkite Short Melkite Chronicle Text and FT: A. de Halleux, “La chronique melkite abrégée du Ms. Sinaï Syr. 10”, Le Muséon, vol. 91, pp. 5-44, 1978. Seventh-Century Apocalyptic Literature Pseudo-Methodius Text and GT: G. J. Reinink, Die syrische Apokalypse des Pseudo-Methodius [text]. Louvain: Peeters, 1993. G. J. Reinink, Ed., Die syrische Apokalypse des Pseudo-Methodius [versio]. Louvain: Peeters, 1993. With bibliography. Replaces earlier edition: H. Suermann, Die geschichtstheologische Reaktion auf die einfallenden Muslime in der edessenischen Apokalyptik des 7. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt: Lang, 1985, pp. 34-97. Text and ET: F. J. Martinez Fernandez, “Eastern Christian Apocalyptic in the Early Muslim Period: Pseudo-Methodius and Pseudo-Athanasius”, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1985. Text and GT: H. Suermann, Die geschichtstheologische Reaktion auf die einfallenden Muslime in der edessenischen Apokalyptik des 7. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt: Lang, 1985, pp. 34-97. ET: P. J. Alexander, The Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.. Pp. 36–51. ET of excerpt on seventh century: Brock, in S. P. Brock, Palmer, A., and Hoyland, R., Eds., The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Edessene fragment Text and FT: F. Nau, “Révélations et légendes. Méthodius. -Clément. -Andronicus. Textes édités, traduits et annotés”, Journal Asiatique, vol. 9, pp. 415-471, 1917. Text and ET: F. J. Martinez Fernandez, “Eastern Christian Apocalyptic in the Early Muslim Period: Pseudo-Methodius and Pseudo-Athanasius”, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1985. Pp. 206–46. Text and GT: H. Suermann, Die geschichtstheologische Reaktion auf die einfallenden Muslime in der edessenischen Apokalyptik des 7. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt: Lang, 1985, pp. 34-97. Pp. 86–97. Studies: G. J. Reinink, “Der edessenische 'Pseudo-Methodius'”, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, vol. 83, pp. 31-45, 1990. A. Cameron and Conrad, L. I., The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: I. Problems in the Literary Source Material; (papers of the first Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam). Princeton: Darwin Press, 1992. Pp. 149–88. Gospel of the Twelve Apostles Text and ET: J. R. Harris, The Gospel of the Twelve Apostles together with the Apocalypses of each one of them. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1900. Study: H. J. W. Drijvers, “The Gospel of the Twelve Apostles: A Syriac Apocalypse from the Early Islamic Period”, in The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: I. Problems in the Literary Source Material; (papers of the first Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam), A. Cameron and Conrad, L. I., Eds. Princeton: Darwin Press , 1992, pp. 189–213. Monastic Histories History of the Monastery of Beth Qoqa (early 9th cent.) Text and FT: A. Mingana, Ed., Mšiḥa-Zkha (texte et traduction); Bar-Penkayé (texte). Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1908., 171–220 (text), 221–271 (translation). 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Budge, Ed., The Book of Governors: The Historia Monastica of Thomas, Bishop of Margâ A.D. 840, Edited from Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum and Other Libraries [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trübner, and co., 1893. Text also in P. Bedjan, Ed., Liber superiorum, seu Historia Monastica, auctore Thoma, Episcopo Margensi. Liber Fundatorum Monasteriorum in regno Persarum et Arabum. Homiliae Mar-Narsetis in Joseph. Documenta Patrum de quibusdam verae fidei dogmatibus. Paris; Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1901.. Some Secondary Literature on Chronicles in General F. Haase, Altchristliche Kirchengeschichte nach orientalischen Quellen. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1925. J. B. - Z. Segal, “Syriac Chronicles as Source Material for the History of Islamic Peoples”, in Historians of the Middle East, B. Lews and Holt, P. M., Eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964, pp. 246–258. N. V. 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