PART ONE : ON SYRIAC SCIENCES AND LITERATURE
Chapter 1- THE SYRIAC LANGUAGE
Chapter 2- THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SYRIAC LITERATURE
Chapter 3- THE CENTERS OF LEARNING
Chapter 4- SYRIAN LIBRARIES
Chapter 5- SYRIAC CALLIGRAPHY
Chapter 6- MORPHOLOGY AND GRAMMAR
Chapter 7- GENERAL RULES OF THE LANGUAGE AND
DICTIONARIES; RHETORIC AND POETRY
Chapter 8- THEMES OF SYRIAC POETRY
Chapter 9- CATEGORIES OF SYRIAN POETS
Chapter 10- VERSIONS OF THE HOLY BIBLE
Chapter 11- THE DIATESSARON
Chapter 12- SYRIAC ORTHOGRAPHY
Chapter 13- COMMENTARIES ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
Chapter 14- CHAPTER FOURTEEN APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS
Chapter 15- SEMI – APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE
Chapter 16- CHURCH RITUALS
Section one : CHURCH MUSIC
Section two : THE REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICE BOOK
Section three : LECTIONARIES
Section four : LITURGICAL BOOKS
Section five : SERVICE BOOKS FOR SUNDAYS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR
Section six : THE SERVICE BOOK OF PRINCIPAL FEASTS AND THEFESTIVALS OF SAINTS
Section seven : SERVICE BOOKS OF THE LENT AND PASSION WEEK
Section eight : HUSOYOS (PROPITIATORY PRAYERS) FOR SUNDAYS, FEASTS, LENT AND PASSION WEEK, AND OTHER OCCASIONS
Section nine : THE ORDERS OF BAPTISM, THE BENEDICTION OF MARRIAGE, THE HOLY UNCTION AND OF REPENTANCE
Section ten : ORDER OF THE OFFICES OF ORDINATION AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF SACRAMENTS BY THE CLERGY
Section eleven : SERVICE BOOK FOR PRINCIPAL FEASTS
Section twelve : FUNERAL SERVICE BOOKS
Section therteen : CHAROAL BOOK
Section fourteen : PRAYER BOOKS OF PRIESTS AND MONKS
Section fifteen : THE BOOK OF LIFE
Section sixteen : CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR
Section Seventeen : THE OLDEST MANUSCRIPTS ON WHICH WE DEPENDED IN OUR RESEARCH
Chapter 17- THEOLOGY
Chapter 18- THE PSEUDO-WORK OF DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE
Chapter 19- ECCLESIASTICAL APOLOGETICS
Chapter 20- ECCLESIASTICAL JURISPRUDENCE AND CIVIL LAW
Chapter 21- ASCETIC BOOKS
Chapter 22- BOOKS OF GENERAL HISTORY
Chapter 23- PRIVATE HISTORY
Chapter 24- DIVERSE HISTORICAL TRACTS
Chapter 25- THE LIVES OF MARTYRS AND SAINTS
Section one : The Lives of the Martyrs of Edessa, Samosata and Persia
Section two : LIFE-STORIES OF THE MARTYRS OF PALESTINE,MESOPOTAMIA, ARMENIA, BYZANTIUM, EGYPT AND YEMEN
Section three : THE LIFE-STORIES OFTHE HOLY APOSTLES, PATRIARCHS AND BISHOPS
Section four : THE LIFE-STORIES OF ASCETICS, ANCHORITES AND OTHERS
Chapter 26- ON STORY WRITING
Chapter 27- PHILOSOPHY
Section one : THE PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS OF THE SYRIANS IN GENERAL
Section two : THE INFLUENCE OF ARISTOTELIAN PHILOSOPHY ON THE SYRIANS
Section three : OTHER SYRIAC TRANSLATIONS FROM GREEK
Chapter 28- THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE
Chapter 29- ON NATURAL SCIENCE
Chapter 30- THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY (AL-HAYA, THE FORM, I.E., OF THE HEAVENS); GEOGRAPHY, MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY
Chapter 31- THE TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN WORKS
Section one : THE TRANSLATED WORKS UNTIL 400 A.D.
Section two : THE TRANSLATION UNTIL THE YEAR 451
Section three : THE REST OF THE TRANSLATED WRITINGS FROM THE YEAR 451 AND AFTER
Section Four : TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK WRITINGS OF ORTHODOX ORIGINNOT KNOWN TO US
PART TWO : BIOGRAPHIES OF SYRIAN SCHOLARS AND WRITERS
– FOREWORD
– TABLE OF CONCISE BIOGRAPHIES OF SCHOLARS DIVIDED INTO THREE PERIODS
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First Biographies of Scholars and Writers of the First Period. : B.C. to 758 A.D.
– The Psalms and Praises of Solomon
6. Miles, bishop of Sus (d. 341)
10 – 13 – The Puplis of St. Ephraim
14. Asuna
18. The Writer of the Biography of Eusebius of Samosata
20. Ahi, Catholicos of al-Madain (Ctesiphon) (d. 415)
21. Mana the Catholicos (d. 420)
22. Marutha of Miyafarqin (d. 421)
23. Rabula, metropolitan of Edessa (d. 435)
29-30 The Two Priests Peter and Muqim
31. Isaac of Edessa, knoun as lsaac of Antioch (491?)
32. Isaac, the Second, of Edessa (522)
33. The Chorepiscopus Polycarp (508)
35. The Deacon Simon the Potter (514)
36. John Rufus the Antiochian, bishop of Mayoma (515?)
37. The History ascribed to the Priest Joshua the Stylite (515?)
38. The Doctor Mar Jacob of Saruj (d. 521)
40. Mar Philoxenus of Mabug (d. 523)
42. Simon, Abbot of the Monastery of Beth Liqin
43. Paul, bishop of al-Raqqa132 (528 A.D.)
44. Mara, metropolitan of Amid (d. 529)
45. Sergius of Ras Ayn (d. 536)
47. St. Severus of Antioch (d. 538)
48. John bar Aphtonya (d. 538)
49. Simon of Beth Arsham203 (d. 540)
50. The Translators of the Canons and Laws of Kings
53. Thomas, Bishop of Germanicia (D. 542)
56. The Writer of the History of the Himyarite Martyrs
57. John II, Abbot of the Monastery of Qinnesrin (544)
58. The Anonymous Writer of the Monastery of Qinnesrin
61. The Syrian Monk thought to be the Writer of the History Ascribed to Zachariah
63. Sergius, the Ascetic Monk (577)
64. Mar Jacob Baradaeus (d. 578)
66. Sergius bar Karya (the Short) (580).
67. Paul II, patriarch of Antioch (d. 581)
68. The Priest Cyrus of Batnan (582)
70. Peter III of al-Raqqa (Callinicus) (d. 591)
71. Julian the Second (d. 595)
74. Rufina the Silver Merchant
77. Paul, Metropolitan of Talla (617)
78. The Deacon Tuma (Thomas) (617)
79. Paul, metropolitan of Edessa (619)
80. Cyriacus, metropolitan of Amid (d. 623)
82. Tuma al-Harqali (Thomas of Heraclea) (627)
83. Athanasius I, Gammala (631)
84. Severus, Bishop of Samosata (d. 630-643)
87. John of the Sedras (d. 648)
88. Marutha of Takrit (d. 649)
89. John, Metropolitan of Busra (d. 650)
90. The Priest Andrew of Jerusalem
92. Denha I, Maphrian of the East (d. 659)
96. Yunan (Jonas), Bishop of Tal Mawzalt
97. Matta, Metropolitan of Aleppo (669)
100-101. Master Ram Yeshu and Master Gabriel
102. The Patriarch Severus II (d. 681)
103. Rabban (Master) Aaron the Persian
105. Athanasius II of Balad (d. 686)
107. John I, maphrian of Takrit (d. 688)
108. The Presbyter Simon of the Monastery of Qinnesrin
109. Mar Jacob of Edessa (d. 708)
111. Presbyter Simon, Abbot of the Monastery of the Arabs
112. Presbyter Simon of Samosata.
114. The Historian Moses of Inhil.
118. Mar George, Bishop of the Arabs (d. 725)
120-124. The Philologists of St. Matthew’s Monastery
125. Mar Simon Zaytuni (d. 734)
126. Constantine, Bishop of Edessa (d. 735)
127. John the Stylite of Atharib (d. 738)
131- John II, Metropolitan of St. Matthew’s Monastery
132- Iyawannis I, (John) (d. 754)
133- Elias, Bishop of Sinjar (758)
Second BIOGRAPHIES OF SCHOLARS AND WRITERS OF THE SECOND PERIOD: 773 to 1286 A.D.
134. Cyriacus, metropolitan of Tur Abdin (770)
135. The Monk Lazarus of Beth Qindasa (773)
136. The Historian Monk of Zuqnin (775)
137. The Translators of Canons (hymns)
138. Mar George I, Patriarch of Antioch (d. 790)
139. The Monk Theodosius (806)
140. Iliyya (Elijah) of Harran
142. Simon bar Amraya (d. 815)
143. The Anba David bar Paul of Beth Rabban
144. Cyriacus, patriarch of Antioch (d. 817)
146. The Chronicle of Qartamin (819)
147 Habib Abu Raita of Takrit (828)
148. Lazarus ibn al-Ajuz (Sobto) (829)
149. Theodosius, metropolitan of Edessa (832)
151. Benjamin, metropolitan of Edessa (d. 843)
152. Basilius, Bishop of Samosata (d. 843)
153. Rabban (monk) Anton of Takrit
154. Mar Dionysius of Tal Mahre (d. .345)
156. The Anonymous Historian (846 A.D.)
157. Arabi, metropolitan of Samosata (850 A.D.)
159. The priest-philosopher Denha.
160. John, metropolitan of Dara (860 A.D.)
161. Jacob, Bishop of Ana (860 A.D.)
162. The monk Simon al-Hisn Mansuri (861 A.D.)
163. The Monk Severus of Antioch (861 A.D.)
164. The Doctor Daniel of Beth Batin
165. Isaac, the Compiler of the Liturgy
168. The Patriarch Theodosius (d. 896)
169. The Deacon Zura of Nisibin
172. Mar Moses bar Kipha (d. 903)
173. Ezekiel II, metropolitan of Melitene (905 A.D.)
175-176. The Monks Rufil and Benjamin
177. Denha the philosopher (925 A.D.)
178. The Deacon Simon of Nisibin (950 A.D.)
179. Jacob, metropolitan of Miyafarqin (967 A.D.)
181. Athanasius, bishop of Qallisura (d. 982)
182. Matta, bishop of al-Hasasa
184. The Edessene Bishop Author of “The Cause of all Causes”
185. The Syrian Scholars of the Tenth Century
187. Anba John the Disciple of Marun ( 1003 )
190. The Monk Lazarus (d. 1024)
191. John, metropolitan of Tur Abdin (d. 1035)
192. The Monk Joseph of Melitene (d. 1058)
193. John Bar Shushan (d. 1072)
195. Ignatius III, Metropolitan of Melitene (d. 1094)
196. Said Bar Sabuni (d. 1095)
197. Dionysius ibn Modyana (d. 1120)
199. Basilius Abu Ghalib ibn al-Sabuni (d. 1129)
200. The Monk Michael of Marash (d. 1138)
201. The priest Eupdocus of Melitene
202. Timothy, Metropolitan of Karkar (d. 1143)
203. Yuhanna (John) ibn Andrew (d. 1156)
204. The Priest Saliba of Qarikara (d. 1164)
205. Ignatius II, maphrian of the East (d. 1164)
206. John, Metropolitan of Mardin (d. 1165)
207. Basilius ibn Shumanna (d. 1169)
208. Iliyya, Metropolitan of Kaysum (d. 1171)
209. Dionysius Jacob bar Salibi, metropolitan of Amid (d. 1171)
210. Abu Ghalib, bishop of Gihan (d. 1177)
211. Ignatius Romanus, metropolitan of Jerusalem (d. 1183)
214. Mar Michael the Great (d. 1199)
215. The Physicians of the Twelfth Century.
216. The Bishop John David of Amid (d. 1203)
217. Ignatius Sahdu, Metropolitan of Jerusalem
218. Ibrahim, Bishop of Talbsam (c. 1207)
219. Gregory Jacob, maphrian of the East (d. 1214)
220. Yeshu Saftana, the “Big Lip” (d. 1214)
221. The Patriarch John XII (d. 1220)
222. Yuhanna (John) of Tiflis (d. 1221)
223. Hasnun of Edessa (d. 1227)
224. Gabriel of Edessa (d. 1227)
225. Theodore of Antioch, the Philosopher
226. The Metropolitan Jacob bar Shakkuko (d. 1231)
227. The Edessene Chronicler (1234)
228. Jacob of Bartulli, metropolitan of St. Matthew Monastery (d. 1241)
229. The Priest Yeshu Thomas of Hisn Kifa (1248)
230. Gregory John, Metropolitan of St. Matthew’s Monastery and Azarbayjan
231. Basilius of Basibrina (1254)
232. The Maphrian Saliba the Edessene (d. 1258)
233. The Patriarch John Bar Madani (d. 1263)
234. Dionysius Saliba, bishop of Kaludhya (Claudia) (d. 1273)
235. Dioscorus Theodore, metropolitan of Hisn Ziyad (1275)
236. Mar Gregory Abu al-Faraj of Melitene, maphrian of the East, known as Bar Hebraeus (d. 1286)
Third Biographies of Learned Men and Writers of the Third Period 1290-1931
237. Abu Nasr of Bartulli (1290)
238. Abu al-Hasan ibn Mahruma (d. 1299)
239. The Metropolitan Gabriel of Bartulli (d. 1300)
240. The Ascetic Tuma (Thomas) of Hah
241. Barsoum al-Safi, the younger Bar Hebraeus (d. 1307)
242. The Monk Yeshu Bar Kilo (1309)
243. Patriarch Michael II (d. 1312)
244. Cyril Bishop of Hah (1333)
246. The Monk Yeshu Bar Khayrun (d. 1335)
247. Master Saliba Bar Khayrun (d. 1340)
248. The Deacon Abd Allah of Bartulli (1345)
249. Metropolitan Abu al-Wafa of Hisn Kifa
250. The Monk Ibrahim of Mardin (1365)
251. Yusuf (Joseph) bar Gharib, metropolitan of Amid (d. 1375)
252. The Monk Daniel of Mardin (1382)
253. Patriarch Ibrahim ibn Gharib (d. 1412)
254. Philoxenus the Scribe (d. 1421)
255. The Priest Isaiah of Basibrina (d. 1425)
257. The Priest Simon of Amid (1450)
258. Quma the Patriarch of Tur Abdin (d. 1454)
259. Patriarch Behnam of Hidl (d. 1454)
260. Barsoum Madani, maphrian of the East (1455)
261. The Monk Gharib of Manimim (1476)
262. Patriarch Aziz Ibn al-Ajuz (Bar Sobto) (d. 1481)
263. The Monk Malke Saqo (d. 1490)
264. Master Yeshu of Basibrina (d. 1492)
265. Patriarch Yuhanna bar Shay Allah (d. 1493)
266. Metropolitan Gurgis of Basibrina (d. 1495)
267. The Monk Dawud (David) of Hims (d. 1500)
268. The Priest Addai of Basibrina (d. 1502)
269. Metropolitan Sergius of Hah (d. 1508)
270. Patriarch Nuh the Lebanese (d. 1509)
271. The Monk Aziz of Midyat (1510)
272. Patriarch Masud of Zaz (d. 1512)
273. Jacob I, Patriarch of Antioch (d. 1517)
274. Yusuf al-Gurji Metropolitan of Jerusalem (d. 1537)
275. Abd al-Ghani al-Mansuri, maphrian of the East (d. 1575)
276. The Patriarch Nimat Allah (1587)
277. Wanes (Iyawannis) Wanki Metropolitan of Cappadocia and Edessa (1624)
278. The Deacon Sarkis ibn Ghurayr (d. 1669)
279. The Bishop Hidayat Allah of Khudayda (1693)
280. Ishaq (Isaac) Patriarch of Antioch (1724)
281. The Priest Yuhanna (John) of Basibrina (d. 1729)
282. Maphrian Shimun (Simon) (d. 1740)
283. The Chorepiscopus Abd Yeshu of Qusur (1750)
284. The Monk Abd al-Nur of Amid (d. 1755)
285. The Maphrian Shukr Allah of Aleppo (d. 1764)
286. The Chorepiscopus Yaqub (Jacob) of Qutrubul (d. 1783)
287. Metropolitan Yaqub Mirijan (d. 1804)
288. Bishop Yuhanna al-Bustani of Manimim (d. 1825)
289. Bishop Gurgis of Azekh (d. 1847)
290. Metropolitan Zaytun of Inhil (d. 1855)
291. The Chorepiscopus Matta (Matthew) Konat (d. 1927)
292. Deacon Naum Faiq (d. 1930)
293. The Priest Yaqub (Jacob) Saka (d. 1931)
Part I
On Orient lists and Oriental Writers who Published Syriac Books
Part II
On The Incoherence of Some Orient lists and Their False Charges
Against Our Learned Men and Their Refutation
– Section III
A Table of Famous Calligraphers
– Section V
Geographical names of countries, towns, villages, and monasteries
mentioned in this book, in addition to those names familiar to the reader
14 – Monasteries
(History of Syriac Literature and Sciences)
Kitab al-Lulu al-Manthur fi Tarikh al-Ulum wal-Adab al-Suryaniyya
– Ignatius Aphram Barsoum