Syriac Exegetical Tradition

EDITIONS OF IMPORTANT TEXTS

Old Testament

• Ephrem

  • R. M. Tonneau, Sancti Ephraem Syri In Genesim Et In Exodum Commentarii [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Durbecq, 1955.
  • R. M. Tonneau, Sancti Ephraem Syri In Genesim et in Exodum Commentarii [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Durbecq, 1955.
  • English translation: E. G. Mathews, Jr. and Amar, J. P., St Ephrem the Syrian: Selected Prose Works; Commentary on Genesis, Commentary on Exodus, Homily on our Lord, Letter to Publius. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2004.
  • English translation: A. Salvesen, The Exodus Commentary of St. Ephrem. Kottayyam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1995.

• John the Solitary

  • W. Strothmann, Kohelet-Kommentar des Johannes von Apamea: syrischer Text mit vollständigen Wörterverzeichnis. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1988.

• Jacob of Edessa [W] 

  • Commentary on Hexaemeron
    • ​J. - B. Chabot, Ed., Iacobi Edesseni Hexaemeron, seu in opus creationis libri septem [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Paris: L. Durbecq, 1928.
    • Latin translation: A. A. Vaschalde, Iacobi Edesseni Hexaemeron, seu in opus creationis libri septem [translation], vol. 2, 2 vol. Paris: L. Durbecq, 1932.
    • Mor Julius Yeshu Cicek, Commentary on the Hexaemeron, 2nd ed. Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2010.

• Anonymous (in olim Diarbekir 22) [E] 

  • C. Gen. and Ex.1–9 
    • Edition: L. van Rompay, Le commentaire sur Génèse-Exode 9, 32 du manuscrit (olim) Diyarbakir 22 [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1986. 
    • French Translation: L. van Rompay, Le commentaire sur Génèse-Exode 9, 32 du manuscrit (olim) Diyarbakir 22 [Translation], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1986.

• Theodore bar Koni [E]

  • Scholia 
    • A. Scher, Ed., Liber scholiorum I, 2nd seriesnd ed., vol. 1, 2 vol. Paris: L. Durbecq, 1910.
    • A. Scher, Ed., Liber scholiorum II, vol. 2, 2 vol. Paris: L. Durbecq, 1912.
    • R. Hespel and Draguet, R., Eds., Théodore Bar Koni. Livre des Scolies I, vol. 1, 4 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1983.
    • R. Hespel and Draguet, R., Eds., Théodore Bar Koni. Livre des Scolies II, vol. 2, 4 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1983.
    • R. Hespel, Ed., Théodore Bar Koni. Livre des Scolies III, vol. 3, 4 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1984.
    • R. Hespel, Ed., Théodore Bar Koni. Livre des Scolies IV, vol. 4, 4 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1984.

• Isho' bar Nun [E] 

  • E. G. Clark, The selected questions of Ishō bar Nūn on the Pentateuch : ed. and translated from MS Cambridge Add. 2017, with a study of the relationship of Ishō'dadh of Merv, Theodore bar Kon̄ī and Ishō bar Nūn on Genesis. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1962.

• Isho'dad of Merv [E] 

  • Commentary on the Old Testament 
    • Edition + French Translation, C. Van den Eynde
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Iso’dad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, I. Genèse, vol. 1, 6 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Iso’dad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, II. Exode-Deutéronome [Text], vol. 2.1, 6 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1958.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Iso’dad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, II. Exode-Deutéronome [Translation], vol. 2.2, 6 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1958.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d'Isho'dad de Merv sur l'Ancien Testament: III. Livre des Sessions [Text], vol. 3.1, 6 vol. Louvain: Peeters, 1962.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d'Iso'dad de Merv sur l'Ancien Testament, III. Livre des Sessions [Translation], vol. 3.2, 6 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1963.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d'Isho'dad de Merv sur l'Ancien Testament: IV. Isaïe et les Douze [Text], vol. 4.1, 6 vol. Louvain: Peeters, 1969.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Iso’dad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, IV. Isaïe et les Douze [Translation], vol. 4.2, 6 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1969.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d'Isho'dad de Merv sur l'Ancien Testament: V. Jérémie, Ézéchiel, Daniel [Text], vol. 5.1, 6 vol. Louvain: Peeters, 1972.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Iso’dad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, V. Jérémie, Ezéchiel, Daniel [Translation], vol. 5.2, 6 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1972.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Iso’dad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, VI. Psaumes [Text], vol. 6.1, 6 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1981.
      • C. van den Eynde, Commentaire d’Iso’dad de Merv sur l’Ancien Testament, VI. Psaumes [Translation], vol. 6.2, 6 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1981.

• Anonymous [E] 

  • A. Levene, The early Syrian fathers on Genesis from a Syriac ms. on the Pentateuch in the Mingana collection. London: Taylor's Foreigon Press, 1951.

• Moshe bar Kepha [W]

  • L. Schlimme, Der Hexaemeronkommentar des Moses bar Kepha: Einleitung, Übersetzung und Untersuchungen. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1977.

• Dionysius bar Salibi [W] 

  • W. Strothmann, Kohelet-Kommentar des Dionysius bar Salibi: Auslegung des Septuaginta-Textes. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1988.

• Bar Hebraeus [W] 

  • M. Sprengling and Graham, W. C., Barhebraeus' Scholia on the Old Testament. Part I: Genesis - II Samuel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1931.

New Testament

• Ephrem 

  • Commentary on the Diatessaron
    • ​L. Leloir, Éphrem de Nisibe: Commentaire de l’Évangile concordant ou Diatessaron. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1966. Revised and expanded: L. Leloir, Saint Éphrem, Commentaire de l’Évangile Concordant. Texte syriaque (Manuscript Chester Beatty 709), Revised and Expanded. Louvain: Peeters, 1990.
    • C. McCarthy, Saint Ephrem’s Commentary on Tatian’s Diatessaron. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.

• Philoxenus [W]

  • Commentary: Prologue of John 
    • Edition + French Translation 
      • A. de Halleux, Philoxène de Mabbog. Commentaire du Prologue johannique (Ms. Br. Mus. Add. 14, 534) [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1977.
      • A. de Halleux, Philoxène de Mabbog. Commentaire du Prologue johannique (Ms. Br. Mus. Add. 14, 534) [Translation], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1977.

• Philoxenus 

  • Commentary on Matthew and Luke 
    • Edition + English translation
      • J. W. Watt, Fragments of the commentary on Matthew and Luke [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1978.
      • J. W. Watt, Fragments of the commentary on Matthew and Luke [Translation], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1978.

• Isho'dad of Merv [E]

  • Commentary on the New Testament 
    • Edition + English translation:
      • M. D. Gibson, The Commentaries of Isho'dad of Merv, Bishop of Hadatha (c. 850 A.D.) in Syriac and English: Translation of the commentary on the Gospels, vol. 1, 5 vol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1911.
      • M. D. Gibson, The commentaries of Isho'dad of Merv Bishop of Hadatha (c. 850 A.D.) in Syriac and English: Matthew and Mark in Syriac, vol. 2, 5 vol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1911.
      • M. D. Gibson, The commentaries of Isho'dad of Merv Bishop of Hadatha (c. 850 A.D.) in Syriac and English: Luke and John in Syriac, vol. 3, 5 vol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1911.
      • M. D. Gibson, The commentaries of Isho'dad of Merv Bishop of Hadatha (c. 850 A.D.) in Syriac and English: Acts of the apostles and three Catholic epistles, vol. 4, 5 vol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1913.

• Moshe bar Kepha [W]

  • Commentary on the Gospel of John
    • Edition + German translation:
      • L. Schlimme, Der Johanneskommentar des Moses bar Kepha. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1978.

• Moshe bar Kepha

  • Commentary on the Epistle of Romans 
    • Edition + German translation 
      • J. Reller, Mose bar Kepha und seine Paulinenauslegung: nebst Edition und Ubersetzung des Kommentars zum Römerbrief. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1994.

• Dionysius bar Salibi [W]

  • Commentary on Mt Mk Lk, Acts, Cath.Epp., Apoc. 
    • Edition + Latin translation 
      • J. Sedlacek and Chabot, J. - B., Dionysii bar Salibi commentarii in evangelia I [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1906.
      • J. Sedlacek and Chabot, J. - B., Dionysii bar Salibi commentarii in evangelia I [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1906.
      • J. Sedlacek and Chabot, J. - B., Dionysii bar Salibi commentarii in evangelia, I.2 [text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Paris: L. Durbecq, 1915.
      • J. Sedlacek and Chabot, J. - B., Dionysii bar Salibi commentarii in evangelia, I.2 [versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Paris: L. Durbecq, 1922.
      • A. A. Vaschalde, Dionysii bar Salibi commentarii in evangelia II.1 [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Paris: L. Durbecq, 1931.
      • A. A. Vaschalde, Dionysii bar Salibi commentarii in evangelia II.1 [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Paris: L. Durbecq, 1933.
      • A. A. Vaschalde, Dionysii bar Salibi commentarii in evangelia II.2 [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1939.
      • A. A. Vaschalde, Dionysii bar Salibi commentarii in evangelia II.2 [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1940.
      • J. Sedlacek, Dionysius bar Salibi. In Apocalypsim, Actus et Epistulas catholicas [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1910.
      • J. Sedlacek, Dionysius bar Salibi. In Apocalypsim, Actus et Epistulas catholicas [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1910.
  • Commentary on John 
    • R. Lejoly, Dionysii bar Salibi Enarratio in Ioannem. Dison: Éditions Concile, 1975.

• Bar Hebraeus [W]

  • Commentary on Gospels 
    • ​English translation: W. E. F. W. Carr, Gregory Abu’l Faraj, Commonly Called Bar-Hebræus. Commentary on the Gospels from the Horreum Mysteriorum. London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1925.

Poetry

Old Testament:

• Gen. 4: S. P. Brock, “Two Syriac Dialogue Poems on Abel and Cain”, Le Muséon, vol. 113, pp. 333-375, 2000.
• Gen. 12: S. A. Hopkins and Brock, S. P., “A Verse Homily on Abraham and Sarah in Egypt: Syriac Original with Early Arabic Translation”, Le Muséon, vol. 105, pp. 87–146, 1992.
• Gen 22: S. P. Brock, “Two Syriac Verse Homilies on the Binding of Isaac”, Le Muséon, vol. 99, pp. 61–129, 1986.
  • S. P. Brock, “Syriac Poetry on Biblical Themes: 2. A Dialogue Poem on the Sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)”, The Harp , vol. 7, pp. 55-72, 1994.
• I Kings 17: S. P. Brock, “A Syriac Verse Homily on Elijah and the Widow of Sarepta”, Le Muséon, vol. 102, pp. 93-113, 1989.

New Testament:

• "Mary and Angel" (dialogue); "Mary and Joseph" (dialogue and narrative); "Mary and Magi" (dialogue): S. P. Brock, Bride of Light: Hymns on Mary from the Syriac Churches, Revised. Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2010.
• "Sinful Woman and Satan" (dialogue, Luke 7): S. P. Brock, “The Sinful Woman and Satan: Two Syriac Dialogue Poems”, Oriens Christianus , vol. 72, pp. 21-62, 1988.
• "Cherub and Thief" (Luke 23:43): F. A. Pennacchietti, Il ladrone e il cherubino: dramma liturgico cristiano orientale in siriaco e neoaramaico. Torino: S. Zamorani, 1993.
  • English translation: S. P. Brock, Sogiatha: Syriac Dialogue Hymns. Kottayam: St. Joseph’s Press, 1987.
• "Mary and the Gardener": S. P. Brock, “Mary and the Gardiner: An East Syrian Dialogue Soghitha for the Resurrection”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 11, pp. 223-234, 1983.

Translations from Greek

• Athanasius

  • Commentary on the Psalms 
    • Edition+ English translation
      • R. W. Thomson, Athanasiana Syriaca, IV. Expositio in Psalmos, 1. Abbreviated Version; 2. Longer Version [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1977.
      • R. W. Thomson, Athanasiana Syriaca, IV. Expositio in Psalmos, 1. Abbreviated Version, 2. Longer Version [versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1977.

• Basil

  • Commentary on the Hexaemeron 
    • Edition + English translation 
      • R. W. Thomson, The Syriac Version of the Hexaemeron by Basil of Caesarea [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1995.
      • R. W. Thomson, The Syriac Version of the Hexaemeron by Basil of Caesarea [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1995.

• Cyril of Alexandria

  • Homilies on Luke 
    • Edition: J. - B. Chabot, S. Cyrilli Alexandrini commentarii in Lucam, I [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1912.
    • Latin translation: R. M. Tonneau, S. Cyrilli Alexandrini commentarii in Lucam, I [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1953.
    • English translation: R. P. Smith, A Commentary upon the Gospel according to S. Luke by S. Cyril Patriarch of Alexandria, vol. 1, 2 vol. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1859.
      • R. P. Smith, A Commentary upon the Gospel according to S. Luke by S. Cyril Patriarch of Alexandria, vol. 2, 2 vol. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1859.

• Theodore of Mopsuestia

  • Commentary on the Psalms 118, 138–148
    • Edition + French Translation
      • L. van Rompay, Théodore de Mopsueste. Fragments syriaques du Commentaire des Psaumes (Psaume 118 et Psaumes 138-148) [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1982.
      • L. van Rompay, Théodore de Mopsueste. Fragments syriaques du Commentaire des Psaumes (Psaume 118 et Psaumes 138-148) [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1982.
  • Commentary on Qohelet 
    • Edition: W. Strothmann, Syrische Katenen aus dem Ecclesiastes-Kommentar des Theodor von Mopsuestia: syrischer Text mit vollständigem Wörterverzeichnis. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1988.
  • Commentary on John 
    • Edition + Latin translation 
      • J. - M. Vosté, Theodori Mopsuesteni commentarius in evangelium Iohannis Apostoli [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1940.
      • J. - M. Vosté, Theodori Mopsuesteni commentarius in evangelium Iohannis Apostoli [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1940.

On Early Writers

• E. Beck and Geyer, C. F., “Zur Terminologie von Ephräms Bildtheologie”, in Typus, Symbol, Allegorie bei den östlichen Vätern und ihren Parallelen im Mittelalter: Internationales Kolloquium, Eichstätt 1981, M. Schmidt, Ed. Regensburg: Pustet, 1982, pp. 329–377.
• S. P. Brock, “Jewish Traditions in Syriac Sources”, Journal of Jewish Studies, vol. 30, pp. 212–232, 1979.
• A. Guillaumont, “Un midrash d'Exode 4, 24–6 chez Aphraate et Ephrem de Nisibe”, in A tribute to Arthur Voobus: studies in early Christian literature and its environment, primarily in the Syrian East, R. H. Fischer, Ed. Chicago: The Lutheran school of Theology at Chicago, 1977, pp. 89-95.
• R. Murray, “The Lance which re-opened Paradise, a Mysterious Reading in the Early Syriac Fathers”, in Orientalia christiana periodica, Rome: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 1973, pp. 224-234, 491.
• R. Murray, “The Theory of Symbolism in St Ephrem's Theology”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 6, pp. 1-20, 1975.
• R. Murray, “Der Dichter als Exeget: der hl. Ephram und die heutige Exegese”, Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie, vol. 100, no. 3, pp. 484-494, 1978.
• A. Salvesen, The Exodus Commentary of St. Ephrem. Kottayyam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1995., 332–338
  • A. Salvesen, “Themes in Ephrem's Exodus Commentary”, The Harp , vol. 4, pp. 21-34, 1991.

On Later Writers

Old Testament

• M. Albert, “Les commentaires syriaques sur les Psaumes: Un exemple, le Ps. 45”, in Le Psautier chez les Pères, P. Maraval, Ed. Strasbourg: Center of Analysis and of Patristic documentation, 1994, pp. 255–270.
• S. P. Brock, “Genesis 22 in Syriac Tradition”, in Mélanges Dominique Barthélemy: Études Bibliques offertes a l’occasion de son 60e anniversaire, P. Casetti, Keele, O., and Schenker, A., Eds. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1981, pp. 2-30.
• S. P. Brock, “The Ruah Elohim of Gen. 1,2 and Its Reception History in the Syriac Tradition”, in Lectures et relectures de la Bible: festschrift P.-M. Bogaert, A. Wénin, Auwers, J. - M., and Bogaert, P. - M., Eds. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1999, pp. 327-349.
• J. Frishman and Rompay, L. van, Eds., The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation. Leuven: Peeters, 1997.
• J. B. Glenthøj, Cain and Abel in Syriac and Greek Writers (4th-6th centuries). Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1997.
• T. Jansma, “Investigations into the Early Syrian Fathers on Genesis: An Approach to the Exegesis of the Nestorian Church and to the Comparison of Nestorian and Jewish Exegesis”, Oudtestamentische Studien, vol. 12, pp. 69-181, 1958.
• M. - R. Macina, “L'homme à l'école de Dieu. D'Antioche à Nisibe: Profil herméneutique, théologique et kérygmatique du mouvement scoliaste nestorien. Monographie programmatique (I)”, Proche-Orient chrétien, vol. 32, pp. 86–124, 263–301, 1982.
• M. - R. Macina, “L'homme à l'école de Dieu. D'Antioche à Nisibe: Profil herméneutique, théologique et kérygmatique du mouvement scoliaste nestorien. Monographie programmatique (II)”, Proche-Orient chrétien, vol. 33, pp. 39–103, 1983.
• S. Stroumsa, “The Impact of Syriac Tradition on Early Judaeo-Arabic Bible Exegesis”, ARAM, vol. 3, pp. 83-96, 1991.
• B. ter H. Romeny, A Syrian in Greek Dress: The Use of Greek, Hebrew and Syriac Biblical Texts in Eusebius of Emesa's Commentary on Genesis. Louvain: Peeters, 1997.
• L. van Rompay, “A hitherto Unknown Nestorian Commentary on Genesis and Exodus 1 – 9,32 in the Syriac Manuscript (olim) Diyarbakir 22”, Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica, vol. 5, pp. 53-78, 1974.
• L. van Rompay, “Le commentaire sur Gen.–Ex. 9,32 du manuscrit (olim) Diyarbakir 22 et I’exégèse syrienne orientale du huitième au dixième siècle”, in Symposium Syriacum, 1976: célebré du 13 au 17 septembre 1976 au Centre Culturel “Les Fontaines” de Chantilly (France), F. Graffin and Guillaumont, A., Eds. Rome: Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies , 1978, pp. 113-123.
• L. van Rompay, “La littérature exégètique syriaque et le rapprochement des traditions syrienne-orientale et syrienne-occidentale”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 20, pp. 221–235, 1995.
• L. van Rompay, “The Christian Syriac Tradition of Interpretation”, in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of its Interpretation, vol. 1, M. Saebø, Ed. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996, pp. 612–641.
• L. van Rompay, “Development of Biblical Interpretation in the Syrian Church of the Middle Ages”, in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of its Interpretation, vol. 2, M. Saebø, Ed. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000, pp. 559–577.

New Testament

• R. Cowley, “Scholia of Ahob of Qatar on St John's Gospel and the Pauline Epistles”, Le Muséon, vol. 93, pp. 329–343, 1980.
• J. C. McCullough, “Early Syriac Commentaries on the New Testament, I-II, Near Eastern School of Theology”, Theological Review, vol. 5, pp. 14–33, 79–126, 1982.
• G. J. Reinink, Studien zur Quellen- und Traditionsgeschichte des Evangelienkommentars der Gannat Bussame. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1979.
• J. Reller, Mose bar Kepha und seine Paulinenauslegung: nebst Edition und Ubersetzung des Kommentars zum Römerbrief. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1994.