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The most obscure period of Syriac literature.
 
The most obscure period of Syriac literature.
  
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# [[Peshitta Old Testament]]
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# [[Peshitta]]
 
# [[The Diatessaron]]
 
# [[The Diatessaron]]
 
# [[The Old Syriac Gospels]]
 
# [[The Old Syriac Gospels]]
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# [[Bardaisan]]
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# [[Bardaisan]] and the Book of the Laws of the Countries.
 
# [[The Odes of Solomon]]
 
# [[The Odes of Solomon]]
 
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== B. The 4th century A.D. ==
 
== B. The 4th century A.D. ==
  
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# [[Aphrahat]] (Aphraates, 'Jacob of Nisibis')
 
# [[Ephrem]] (Ephraim Syrus)
 
# [[Ephrem]] (Ephraim Syrus)
 
# [[Liber Graduum]] (The Book of Steps)
 
# [[Liber Graduum]] (The Book of Steps)
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# [[John the Solitary]] (John of Apamea)
 
# [[John the Solitary]] (John of Apamea)
 
# [[Anonymous prose hagiography]]
 
# [[Anonymous prose hagiography]]
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# [[Marutha of Maiperkat]]
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# [[Isaac of Seleucia-Ctesiphon]]
  
 
=== 5-6th century ===
 
=== 5-6th century ===
  
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# [[Jacob of Serugh]]
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# [[Jacob of Serugh]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Simeon the Potter]]
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# [[Simeon the Potter]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Philoxenus]]
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# [[Philoxenus]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Isaac of Antioch]]
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# [[Isaac of Antioch]] -- a name covering more than one person
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# [[Symmachus]]
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# [[Symmachus]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
  
 
=== 6th century ===
 
=== 6th century ===
  
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# [[Ps.Joshua the Stylite]]
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# [[Joshua the Stylite]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - author of an eyewitness Chronicle of the Persian war of Anastasius.
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# [[Stephen bar Sudhaili]]
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# [[Stephen bar Sudhaili]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - a pantheist
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# [[Sergius of Resh'aina]]
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# [[Sergius of Resh`aina]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - the translator
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# [[Simeon of Beth Arsham]]
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# [[Simeon of Beth Arsham]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - wrote to those persecuted by Jewish Arabs in Yemen
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# [[Elias]]
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# [[Elias]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Daniel of Salah]]
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# [[Daniel of Salah]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Cyrus of Edessa]]
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# [[Thomas of Edessa]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Thomas of Edessa]]
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# [[Cyrus of Edessa]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[The Chronicle of Edessa]]
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# [[The Chronicle of Edessa]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[John of Ephesus]]
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# [[John of Ephesus]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - Justinian's evangelist to pagans.  Author of two histories
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# [[Peter of Kallinikos]]
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# [[Peter of Kallinikos]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Ps.Zacharias Rhetor]]
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# [[Zacharias Rhetor]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
 
# [[Ahudemmeh]]
 
# [[Ahudemmeh]]
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# [[Abraham of Nathpar]]
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# [[Abraham of Nathpar]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
 
# [[Anonymous literature of the 6th century]]
 
# [[Anonymous literature of the 6th century]]
  
 
=== 6-7th century ===
 
=== 6-7th century ===
  
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# [[Barhadbeshabba 'Arbaya]]
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# [[Barhadbeshabba `Arbaya]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Barhadbeshabba of Halwan]]
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# [[Barhadbeshabba of Halwan]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Shubhalmaran]]
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# [[Shubhalmaran]] (Subhalmaran) ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Babai the Great]]
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# [[Babai the Great]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Martyrius]] (Sahdona)
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# [[Martyrius]] (Sahdona) ([[Church of the East|E]]) - Tried to introduce ideas of Chrysostom.
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# [[Isho'Yahb II]]
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# [[Isho`yahb II]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[John of the Sedre]]
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# [[John of the Sedre]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Marutha]]
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# [[Marutha]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Gregory of Cyprus]]
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# [[Gregory of Cyprus]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) - A Persian monk who spent time in Cyprus
 
# [[Anonymous literature of the early 7th century]]
 
# [[Anonymous literature of the early 7th century]]
  
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=== Second half of the 7th century ===
 
=== Second half of the 7th century ===
  
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# [[Severus Sebokht]]
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# [[Severus Sebokht]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - greatest scientist and astronomer of his day
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# [[Gabriel of Qatar]]
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# [[Gabriel of Qatar]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Abraham bar Lipeh of Qatar]]
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# [[Abraham bar Lipeh of Qatar]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[The Khuzistan Chronicle]]
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# [[The Khuzistan Chronicle]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) - covers end of Sassanid and start of Arab periods.
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# [[Isho'Yahb III]]
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# [[Isho`yahb III]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Isaac of Nineveh]] (Isaac the Syrian)
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# [[Isaac of Nineveh]] ([[Isaac the Syrian]]) ([[Church of the East|E]]) - most influential Syrian ascetic writer in the Greek and Latin west.
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# [[Shem'on the graceful]] (Shem'on d-Taybutheh)
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# [[Shem'on the graceful]] (Shem'on d-Taybutheh) ([[Church of the East|E]])  
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# [[Dadisho']]
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# [[Dadisho']] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[John bar Penkaye]]
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# [[John bar Penkaye]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) - world history includes eye-witness account of Arab conquest
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# [[The Apocalypse of Ps.Methodius]]
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# [[The Apocalypse of Methodius]]
 
# [[Hagiography of the 7th century]]
 
# [[Hagiography of the 7th century]]
  
 
=== 7th-8th century ===
 
=== 7th-8th century ===
  
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# [[Jacob of Edessa]]
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# [[Jacob of Edessa]] (=[[James of Edessa]]) ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - translator from Greek
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# [[George, bishop of the Arab tribes]]
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# [[George, bishop of the Arab tribes]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - pupil of [[Severus Sebokht]]
  
 
=== 8th century ===
 
=== 8th century ===
  
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# [[The Diyarbekir Commentary]]
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# [[The Diyarbekir Commentary]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Sergius the Stylite of Gusit]]
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# [[Sergius the Stylite of Gusit]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - apologist against the Jews
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# [[Elia]]
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# [[Elia]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[John of Dalyatha]] (John Saba)
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# [[John of Dalyatha]] (=John Saba) ([[Church of the East|E]])  
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# [[Joseph Hazzaya (the seer)]]
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# [[Joseph Hazzaya]], "the seer" ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Abraham bar Dashandad, 'the lame']]
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# [[Abraham bar Dashandad]], "the lame" ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[The Chronicle of Ps.Dionysius of Tel-Mahre]] (Chronicle of Zuqnin)
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# [[The Chronicle of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre]] (Chronicle of Zuqnin) ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])  
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# [[Theodore bar Koni]]
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# [[Theodore bar Koni]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) - Author of the ''Liber scholiorum''
  
 
=== 8th-9th century ===
 
=== 8th-9th century ===
  
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# [[Timothy I]]
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# [[Timothy I]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) - letters on Greek manuscripts and Dead Sea scrolls
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# [[Isho'bar Nun]]
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# [[Isho` bar Nun]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
  
 
=== 9th century ===
 
=== 9th century ===
  
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# [[Job of Edessa]]
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# [[Job of Edessa]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[John of Dara]]
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# [[John of Dara]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Isho'dad of Merv]]
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# [[Isho`dad of Merv]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Nonnus]]
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# [[Nonnus]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Anton of Tagrit]]
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# [[Antony of Tagrit]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Ps.George of Arbela]]
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# [[Ps.George of Arbela]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Thomas, bishop of Marga]]
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# [[Thomas, bishop of Marga]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) - Author of the ''Book of the Governors''
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# [[Isho'dnah]]
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# [[Isho`dnah]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[The anonymous commentary on the Old and New Testament]]
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# [[The anonymous commentary on the Old and New Testament]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Moshe bar Kepha]]
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# [[Moshe bar Kepha]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Chronicle of Seert]]
  
 
=== 10th century ===
 
=== 10th century ===
  
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# [[Elijah of Anbar]]
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# [[Elijah of Anbar]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[The Book of the Cause of Causes]]
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# [[The Book of the Cause of Causes]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Emmanuel bar Shahhare]]
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# [[Emmanuel bar Shahhare]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
  
 
=== 11th century ===
 
=== 11th century ===
  
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# [[Elijah of Nisibis]]
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# [[Elijah of Nisibis]] ([[=Elias of Nisibis]]) ([[Church of the East|E]])
  
 
=== 12th century ===
 
=== 12th century ===
  
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# [[Dionysius bar Salibi]] (Dionysius Syrus / Jacob bar Salibi)
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# [[Dionysius bar Salibi]] ([[Dionysius Syrus]] / [[Jacob bar Salibi]]) (W)
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# [[Elijah III Abu Halim]]
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# [[Elijah III Abu Halim]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Michael the Great]] (Michael the Syrian)
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# [[Michael the Great]] ([[Michael the Syrian]]) ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]]) - Author of a massive ''Chronicle''
  
 
=== 13th century ===
 
=== 13th century ===
  
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# [[John bar Zo'bi]]
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# [[John bar Zo`bi]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Solomon of Bosra]]
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# [[Solomon of Bosra]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[Giwargis Warda]]
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# [[Giwargis Warda]] ([[Church of the East|E]])
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# [[The Chronicle of 1234]]
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# [[The Chronicle of 1234]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Jacob Severus bar Shakko]]
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# [[Jacob Severus bar Shakko]] ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])
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# [[Gregory Barhebraeus]] (Bar'ebroyo / Abu 'L Faraj / Gregorius Abulpharagius)
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# [[Gregory Barhebraeus]] (Bar'ebroyo / Abu 'L Faraj / Gregorius Abulpharagius) ([[Syrian Orthodox|W]])  
  
 
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# [[Dioscorus of Gozarto]]
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# [[`Abdisho` bar Brika]] ([[Ebed Jesu]]) ([[Church of the East|E]]) 1250-1318 AD. - wrote list of Syriac writers
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# [[The History of Yahballaha and Rabban Sauma]]
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# [[Khamis bar Qardahe]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) Late 13th/early 14th century.
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# [[Timothy II]]
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# [[Dioscorus of Gozarto]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) Late 13th/early 14th century.
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# [[The History of Yahballaha and Rabban Sauma]] ([[Church of the East|E]]).  Soon after 1317.
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# [[Timothy II]] ([[Church of the East|E]]) Died 1353 AD.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:16, 11 June 2011

Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Syriac Literature.

Notes on Syriac Grammar -- Vatican Syriac manuscripts -- Catalogues of Syriac manuscripts -- François Nau

B. The 4th century A.D.

The first substantial works commence from the middle and second half of the 4th century.

  1. Aphrahat (Aphraates, 'Jacob of Nisibis')
  2. Ephrem (Ephraim Syrus)
  3. Liber Graduum (The Book of Steps)

C. The 5th to mid-7th centuries A.D.

5th century

  1. Cyrillona
  2. Balai
  3. Narsai
  4. John the Solitary (John of Apamea)
  5. Anonymous prose hagiography
  6. Marutha of Maiperkat
  7. Isaac of Seleucia-Ctesiphon

5-6th century

  1. Jacob of Serugh (W)
  2. Simeon the Potter (W)
  3. Philoxenus (W)
  4. Isaac of Antioch -- a name covering more than one person
  5. Symmachus (W)

6th century

  1. Joshua the Stylite (W) - author of an eyewitness Chronicle of the Persian war of Anastasius.
  2. Stephen bar Sudhaili (W) - a pantheist
  3. Sergius of Resh`aina (W) - the translator
  4. Simeon of Beth Arsham (W) - wrote to those persecuted by Jewish Arabs in Yemen
  5. Elias (W)
  6. Daniel of Salah (W)
  7. Thomas of Edessa (E)
  8. Cyrus of Edessa (E)
  9. The Chronicle of Edessa (W)
  10. John of Ephesus (W) - Justinian's evangelist to pagans. Author of two histories
  11. Peter of Kallinikos (W)
  12. Zacharias Rhetor (W)
  13. Ahudemmeh
  14. Abraham of Nathpar (E)
  15. Anonymous literature of the 6th century

6-7th century

  1. Barhadbeshabba `Arbaya (E)
  2. Barhadbeshabba of Halwan (E)
  3. Shubhalmaran (Subhalmaran) (E)
  4. Babai the Great (E)
  5. Martyrius (Sahdona) (E) - Tried to introduce ideas of Chrysostom.
  6. Isho`yahb II (E)
  7. John of the Sedre (W)
  8. Marutha (W)
  9. Gregory of Cyprus (E) - A Persian monk who spent time in Cyprus
  10. Anonymous literature of the early 7th century

D. Mid-7th to 13th century A.D.

In the middle of the 7th century, the Syriac-speaking world was occupied by the Arabs.

Second half of the 7th century

  1. Severus Sebokht (W) - greatest scientist and astronomer of his day
  2. Gabriel of Qatar (E)
  3. Abraham bar Lipeh of Qatar (E)
  4. The Khuzistan Chronicle (E) - covers end of Sassanid and start of Arab periods.
  5. Isho`yahb III (E)
  6. Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian) (E) - most influential Syrian ascetic writer in the Greek and Latin west.
  7. Shem'on the graceful (Shem'on d-Taybutheh) (E)
  8. Dadisho' (E)
  9. John bar Penkaye (E) - world history includes eye-witness account of Arab conquest
  10. The Apocalypse of Methodius
  11. Hagiography of the 7th century

7th-8th century

  1. Jacob of Edessa (=James of Edessa) (W) - translator from Greek
  2. George, bishop of the Arab tribes (W) - pupil of Severus Sebokht

8th century

  1. The Diyarbekir Commentary (E)
  2. Sergius the Stylite of Gusit (W) - apologist against the Jews
  3. Elia (E)
  4. John of Dalyatha (=John Saba) (E)
  5. Joseph Hazzaya, "the seer" (E)
  6. Abraham bar Dashandad, "the lame" (W)
  7. The Chronicle of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre (Chronicle of Zuqnin) (W)
  8. Theodore bar Koni (E) - Author of the Liber scholiorum

8th-9th century

  1. Timothy I (E) - letters on Greek manuscripts and Dead Sea scrolls
  2. Isho` bar Nun (E)

9th century

  1. Job of Edessa (E)
  2. John of Dara (W)
  3. Isho`dad of Merv (E)
  4. Nonnus (W)
  5. Antony of Tagrit (W)
  6. Ps.George of Arbela (E)
  7. Thomas, bishop of Marga (E) - Author of the Book of the Governors
  8. Isho`dnah (E)
  9. The anonymous commentary on the Old and New Testament (E)
  10. Moshe bar Kepha (W)
  11. Chronicle of Seert

10th century

  1. Elijah of Anbar (E)
  2. The Book of the Cause of Causes (W)
  3. Emmanuel bar Shahhare (E)

11th century

  1. Elijah of Nisibis (=Elias of Nisibis) (E)

12th century

  1. Dionysius bar Salibi (Dionysius Syrus / Jacob bar Salibi) (W)
  2. Elijah III Abu Halim (E)
  3. Michael the Great (Michael the Syrian) (W) - Author of a massive Chronicle

13th century

  1. John bar Zo`bi (E)
  2. Solomon of Bosra (E)
  3. Giwargis Warda (E)
  4. The Chronicle of 1234 (W)
  5. Jacob Severus bar Shakko (W)
  6. Gregory Barhebraeus (Bar'ebroyo / Abu 'L Faraj / Gregorius Abulpharagius) (W)

E. The 13th to 14th centuries A.D.

Syriac is displaced by Arabic in the West in this period.

  1. `Abdisho` bar Brika (Ebed Jesu) (E) 1250-1318 AD. - wrote list of Syriac writers
  2. Khamis bar Qardahe (E) Late 13th/early 14th century.
  3. Dioscorus of Gozarto (E) Late 13th/early 14th century.
  4. The History of Yahballaha and Rabban Sauma (E). Soon after 1317.
  5. Timothy II (E) Died 1353 AD.

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