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: Historia ecclesiastica Zachariae rhetori vulgo adscripta (I), vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1919.
- Historia ecclesiastica Zachariae rhetori vulgo adscripta; Accedit fragmentum Historiae ecclesiasticae Dionysii Telmahrensis (II), vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1953. (replaces , Zachariae Episcopi Mitylenes aliorumque Scripta Historica Graece plerumque deperdita, vol. 3, 4 vol. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1870.). ,
, - LT: Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae Rhetori Vulgo Adscripta I [Versio], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1924.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Zachariae Rhetori Vulgo Adscripta II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1924. ,
, - ET: The Syriac Chronicle Known as that of Zachariah of Mitylene. London: Methuen & Co., 1899. ,
- Study: Patristic studies. Vatican City: Apostolic Vatican Library, 1953. Pp. 194–204. ,
John of Ephesus: Ecclesiastical History (6th cent.)2
- Text: Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae pars Tertia [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Peeters, 1935. ,
- LT: 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: “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: Die kirchen-geschichte bes Johanes von Ephesus aus dem Syrischen übersetzt. Mit einer Abhandlung über die Tritheïten. Munich: Lentner, 1862. (1862). ,
- Study: “John of Ephesus: a monophysite historian in sixth-century Byzantium”, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, 1996. ,
Pseduo-Dionysius of Tellmahre: Chronicle ('Zuqnin Chronicle') (8th cent.)
- Text: Chronicon Pseudo Dionysianum Vulgo Dictum I. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1927.
- Chronicon Pseudo Dionysianum Vulgo Dictum II. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1927. ,
, - Translations
- LT of vol.I: Incerti Auctoris Chronicon Pseudo Dionysianum Vulgo Dictum I. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1927. ,
- FT of vol.II: 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):
- The Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite Composed in Syriac A.D. 507. Cambridge: University Press, 1882. ,
- The chronicle of pseudo-Joshua the Stylite. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000. ,
- GT: Die syrische Chronik des Josua Stylites. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1997. ,
- FT of vol.I, pp.235–317: Chronique de Josué le Stylite écrite ver l'an 515. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1876. ,
- ET of vol.II: 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): Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre Chronicle, Part III. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996. ,
- ET of vol.II, pp.147–60: The seventh century in the West-Syrian chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1993., 53–70. ,
- FT of vol.II, pp.145–376: Chronique de Denys de Tell-Mahré. Quatrième partie. Paris: Émile Bouillon Library, 1895. ,
- Studies: The Syriac Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Maḥrē: A Study in the History of Historiography. Uppsala: Uppsala University, 1987. ,
- “Who Wrote the Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite”, in Lingua restituta orientalis: Festgabe für Julius Assfalg, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1990, pp. 272–284. ,
- “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, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en dép.oosterse Studies, 1999, pp. 317-327. ,
- “The Sources of Pseudo-Dionysius for the Third Part of his Chronicle”, Orientalia Suecana, vol. 40, pp. 252–275, 1991. ,
- “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. ,
- “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, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en dép.oosterse Studies, 1999, pp. 329–366. ,
- “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): 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: 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: 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).
- Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche, 1166-1199, vol. 1, 4 vol. Paris: E. Leroux, 1899. ,
- Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche, 1166-1199, vol. 2, 4 vol. Paris: E. Leroux, 1901. ,
- Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche, 1166-1199, vol. 3, 4 vol. Paris: E. Leroux, 1905. ,
- Chronique de Michel le Syrien, patriarche jacobite d'Antioche, 1166-1199, vol. 4, 4 vol. Paris: E. Leroux, 1963. ,
- Studies: “Michael the Syrian as a Source for Economic History”, Hugoye: Journal for Syriac Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 141-172, 2000. ,
- “Making History: Michael the Syrian and his Sixth-Century Sources”, in Title Symposium syriacum VII, vol. 7, 7 vol., Rome: Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies, 1998, pp. 351–358. ,
- “The World Chronicle by Patriarch Michael the Great: Some Reflections”, Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 6-29, 1997. ,
- “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: “Michael der Syrer (1126/27-1199)”, Theologische Realenzyklopädie, vol. 22, pp. 710-712, 1992. ,
Anonymous: Chronicle ad annum 1234
- Text:
- Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens [textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1920. ,
- Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1917. ,
- LT of vol.I: Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens, vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1937. ,
- FT of vol.II: Anonymi auctoris chronicon ad A.C. 1234 Pertinens, II. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1974. Including index. ,
Barhebraeus: Chronicle4
- Text: Gregorii Barhebræi Chronicon Syriacum e codd. mss. emendatum ac punctis vocalibus adnotationibusque locupletatum. Paris: Maisonneuve, 1890. ,
- Text and ET: 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: “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).
- Gregorii Barhebraei Chronicon ecclesiasticum, vol. 1, 3 vol. Louvain: Peeters, 1872. ,
- Gregorii Barhebraei Chronicon ecclesiasticum, vol. 2, 3 vol. Paris/Louvain: Maisonneuve/Peeters, 1874. ,
- Gregorii Barhebræi Chronicon ecclesiasticum, vol. 3, 3 vol. Paris/Louvain: Maisonneuve/Peeters, 1877. ,
- Bibliography on Bar Hebraeus: “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:
- Chronica Minora [Text]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903. ,
- Chronica Minora [Translation]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903. ,
- Text and GT: Untersuchungen über die edessenische Chronik. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1892. ,
- ET: “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: “Chronicles of Edessa”, Orientalia Suecana, vol. 33/35, pp. 487–498, 1984. ,
Maronite Chronicle
- Text and LT:
- Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. ,
- Chronica Minora, III [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1905. ,
- ET of pp. 69–74: The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 29–35. ,
- GT: “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: “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):
- Chronica Minora, III [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1905. ,
- Chronica Minora, III [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1907. ,
- ET: “The Chronological Canon of James of Edessa”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 53, pp. 261-327, 1899.
- “The Chronological Canon of James of Edessa”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 54, pp. 100-102, 1900. ,
, - ET of 324–7: 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:
- Chronica Minora, III [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1905. ,
- Chronica Minora, III [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1907. ,
Chronicle of disasters 712–716
- Text and FT: “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: The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 45–48. ,
Chronicle ad annum 724
- Text and LT:
- Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. ,
- Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ,
- ET of pp.138–154, 155: The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 5–24, 49–50. ,
- Study: “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, Damascus: Institut français de Damas, 1992, pp. 31-46. ,
Chronicle ad annum 775
- Text and LT:
- Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904., Pp. 337-349. ,
- Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ,
- ET p. 348: The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 51–52. ,
Chronicle ad annum 813
- Text and LT:
- Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. ,
- Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ,
- ET: “A Syriac Fragment”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 54, pp. 195-230, 1900. ,
Chronicle ad annum 819
- Text: Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens [textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1920. ,
- LT: Chronicon anonymi auctoris ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens, vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1937. ,
- ET: pp. 10–15: The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. Pp. 75–80. ,
Chronicle ad annum 846
- Text and LT:
- Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. ,
- Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ,
- ET: “A Syriac Chronicle of the Year 846”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. 51, pp. 569-588, 1897. ,
- ET pp. 230–32: 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:
- Chronica Minora II [Textus]. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz; Poussielgue, 1904. ,
- Chronica Minora II [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Waversebaan: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1955. ,
Barhadbeshabba `Arbaya: Ecclesiastical History
- Text and FT:
- “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. ,
- “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:
- Mšiḥa-Zkha (texte et traduction); Bar-Penkayé (texte). Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1908. ,
- Text and GT:
- Die Chronik von Arbela [Text], vol. 1, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1985. ,
- Die Chronik von Arbela [Versio], vol. 2, 2 vol. Louvain: Secretariat du Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 1985. ,
- LT: “Chronica Ecclesiae Arbelensis ex idiomate syriaco in latinum vertit”, Orientalia Christiana, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 143-204, 1927. ,
- GT: Die Chronik von Arbela: ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des ältesten Christentums im Orient. Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaft, 1915. ,
- Studies:
- “Le "Passionnaire d'Adiabène" ”, Analecta Bollandiana, vol. 43, pp. 261-305, 1925. ,
- “In torno al valore storico de la Cronaca di Arbela”, Orientalia Christiana Periodica, vol. 2, pp. 5-33, 1936. ,
- “Zur Textüberlieferung der Chronik von Arbela. Beobachtungen zu Ms. or. fol. 3126”, Oriens Christianus, vol. 50, pp. 19-36, 1966. ,
- “Auteur et date de la Chronique d'Arbèl”, L'Orient Syrien, vol. 12, pp. 265-302, 1967. ,
- “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:
- Chronica Minora [Text]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903.
- See a transcription at CPART
, - Chronica Minora [Translation]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903. ,
- Chronica Minora [Text]. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1903.
- Text and Arabic Translation: Sharbe medem men qlisiastiqe wad-qosmostiqe. Baghdad: Sharikat al-Dīwān lil-Ṭibāʻah, 1976. ,
- GT: “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: “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: Mšiḥa-Zkha (texte et traduction); Bar-Penkayé (texte). Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1908. ,
- ET of Book XV: “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 , “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:
- Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni opus chronologicum [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz, 1909. ,
- Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni opus chronologicum II [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. Leipzig; Paris: Otto Harrassowitz, 1910. ,
- FT: La Chronographie d'Élie bar-Šinaya. Paris: H. Champion, 1910. ,
- GT (excerpts): 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:
- “Histoire Nestorienne Inédite (Chronique de Séert): Premère partie (I)”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1908, pp. 213-312. ,
- “Histoire Nestorienne Inédite (Chronique de Séert): Premère partie (II)”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1910, pp. 217-344. ,
- “Histoire Nestorienne Inédite (Chronique de Séert): Seconde partie (I)”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1911, pp. 95-203. ,
- “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: “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:
- “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. ,
- “Iso'dnah et la chronique de seert”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 6, pp. 449–459, 1975.. On Nautin's suggestion. ,
- “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:
- Maris Amri et Slibae de patriarchis nestorianorum commentaria ex codicibus vaticanis, vol. 1, 2 vol. Rome: C. de Luigi, 1899. ,
- Maris Amri et Slibae de patriarchis nestorianorum commentaria ex codicibus vaticanis, vol. 2, 2 vol. Rome: C. de Luigi, 1899. ,
- “A Reconsideration of the Kitab al-Magdal”, Parole de l'Orient, vol. 18, pp. 255–273, 1993. ,
Melkite
Short Melkite Chronicle
- Text and FT: “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:
- Die syrische Apokalypse des Pseudo-Methodius [text]. Louvain: Peeters, 1993. ,
- Die syrische Apokalypse des Pseudo-Methodius [versio]. Louvain: Peeters, 1993. With bibliography.
- Replaces earlier edition: Die geschichtstheologische Reaktion auf die einfallenden Muslime in der edessenischen Apokalyptik des 7. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt: Lang, 1985, pp. 34-97. ,
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- Text and ET: “Eastern Christian Apocalyptic in the Early Muslim Period: Pseudo-Methodius and Pseudo-Athanasius”, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1985. ,
- Text and GT: Die geschichtstheologische Reaktion auf die einfallenden Muslime in der edessenischen Apokalyptik des 7. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt: Lang, 1985, pp. 34-97. ,
- ET: The Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.. Pp. 36–51. ,
- ET of excerpt on seventh century: Brock, in The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles. Liverpool: Liverpool university press, 1993. ,
Edessene fragment
- Text and FT: “Révélations et légendes. Méthodius. -Clément. -Andronicus. Textes édités, traduits et annotés”, Journal Asiatique, vol. 9, pp. 415-471, 1917. ,
- Text and ET: “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: Die geschichtstheologische Reaktion auf die einfallenden Muslime in der edessenischen Apokalyptik des 7. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt: Lang, 1985, pp. 34-97. Pp. 86–97. ,
- Studies:
- “Der edessenische 'Pseudo-Methodius'”, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, vol. 83, pp. 31-45, 1990. ,
- 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: The Gospel of the Twelve Apostles together with the Apocalypses of each one of them. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1900. ,
- Study: “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), Princeton: Darwin Press , 1992, pp. 189–213. ,
Monastic Histories
History of the Monastery of Beth Qoqa (early 9th cent.)
- Text and FT: Mšiḥa-Zkha (texte et traduction); Bar-Penkayé (texte). Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1908., 171–220 (text), 221–271 (translation). ,
Isho`dnah, Liber Castitatis (9th cent.)
- Text and FT: “Le livre de la Chasteté composé par Jésusdenah, Évêque de Baçrah”, École Française de Rome. Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, vol. 16, pp. 225-292, 1896.. Pp. 1–79.
- Text also in 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.. Pp. 437–517 ,
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Thomas of Marga, Liber Superiorum (9th cent.)
- Text and ET: 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 [Textus], vol. 1, 2 vol. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1893.
- 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 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.. ,
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, - 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.
Some Secondary Literature on Chronicles in General
- Altchristliche Kirchengeschichte nach orientalischen Quellen. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1925. ,
- “Syriac Chronicles as Source Material for the History of Islamic Peoples”, in Historians of the Middle East, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964, pp. 246–258. ,
- “Theophanes' Chronographia and the Syriac Chronicles”, Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft, vol. 16, pp. 55-60, 1967. ,
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