The Scriptorium · translations
| Work | Author | Passages | Words | Commentary | Status |
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001 Demonstration 19 is a letter by Aphrahat, the fourth-century Syriac Christian author, directed against Jewish claims that they would be gathered together. Written in Syr… | Aphrahat | 15 | 5,597 | 90 9 kinds | machine-draft |
002 The Letter of Rabbula to Gamalinus is a Syriac epistle from the early 5th century, attributed to Rabbula, bishop of Edessa (411/412–435 CE). It survives in a single Syri… | Rabbula of Edessa | 8 | 2,598 | 46 8 kinds | machine-draft |
003 Letter 10 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, addressed to ʿAbdishoʿ, offers consolation on the death of ʿAbdishoʿ’s superior, Mār Ḥenanishoʿ. Written during Ishoʿyahb’s tenur… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 801 | 10 6 kinds | machine-draft |
004 Letter 11 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, Catholicos of the Church of the East (c. 649–659), is a consolatory and exhortatory epistle addressed to the monastic community o… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 3 | 837 | 16 7 kinds | machine-draft |
005 Letter 12 of Ishoʿyahb III, metropolitan of Adiabene (c. 628–650), addresses the monastic community of Mount Izla, explaining his delayed response and reporting on an un… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 309 | 6 6 kinds | machine-draft |
006 Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene writes to Paul, a solitary (iḥidāyā) called to lead another monastic community, addressing the tension between monastic humility and administra… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 695 | 12 6 kinds | machine-draft |
007 Letter 14 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses Henana, a teacher at the school of Nisibis, on the intertwined afflictions of diseas… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 531 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
008 Letter 15 of Ishoʿyahb III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses accusations and defends his flight from his see during the turmoil follow… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 346 | 6 5 kinds | machine-draft |
009 Letter 16, attributed to Bishop Theodore and addressed to Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, is a Syriac epistle from the early 7th century (c. 628–637). It concerns ecclesiasti… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 367 | 6 6 kinds | machine-draft |
010 Letter 17 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses a schism within the Monastery of Izla near Nisibis. The letter laments the community… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 8 | 2,746 | 46 7 kinds | machine-draft |
011 Letter 18 of Ishoʿyahb III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses the monks of the monastery of Beth Abhe in Adiabene concerning the appoin… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 5 | 1,759 | 30 7 kinds | machine-draft |
012 Letter 19 of Ishoʿyahb III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), is a brief admonition addressed to Mar Qamishoʿ, a newly appointed monastic directo… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 592 | 10 5 kinds | machine-draft |
013 This untitled letter by Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), is a brief epistolary work preserved only within later manuscript collections of hi… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 462 | 10 6 kinds | machine-draft |
014 Letter 20 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), is a theological reply to Mar Iazdshapur defending dyophysite Christology against perceived mi… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 5 | 1,647 | 28 8 kinds | machine-draft |
015 Letter 21 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), is addressed to Mar Yazdeshapur, a metropolitan, and deals with ecclesiastical discipline and… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 493 | 11 7 kinds | machine-draft |
016 Letter 22 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses Mar Yazdegard, a metropolitan. The letter employs formal Syriac epistolary conventio… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 3 | 862 | 16 7 kinds | machine-draft |
017 Letter 23 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses the priest Ishoʿsabran on orthodox dyophysite Christology. Written during Ishoʿyahb’… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 342 | 6 5 kinds | machine-draft |
018 Letter 24 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East (c. 649–659 CE), is a formal epistolary address to the Catholicos. Written in Syri… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 421 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
019 Letter 25 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, Catholicos of the Church of the East (649–659), is a Syriac epistle addressed to a figure titled 'Catholicos'—possibly a predeces… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 419 | 6 6 kinds | machine-draft |
020 Letter 26 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene is a pastoral epistle addressed to the monastic community at Mount Alfaf in northern Mesopotamia. Written in Syriac before 659 CE,… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 5 | 1,442 | 28 8 kinds | machine-draft |
021 Letter 27 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (c. 649–659 CE), is addressed to a priest named Moshe, likely a monastic or ecclesiastical figure. The le… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 721 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
022 Letter 28 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses a certain Luliana, likely a female ascetic or lay leader, on orthodox Christology. T… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 706 | 12 7 kinds | machine-draft |
023 Letter 29 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (ca. 649–659), is a brief Syriac epistle addressed to a monastic colleague named Yoḥanan. The letter open… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 130 | 5 5 kinds | machine-draft |
024 Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), wrote this letter to solitary monks (iḥidāyē) exhorting them to zeal for faith. Likely composed… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 573 | 11 7 kinds | machine-draft |
025 Letter 30 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), is a pastoral epistle addressed to two brothers, Narsai and Maremmeh, likely monks or clergy.… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 368 | 6 6 kinds | machine-draft |
026 Letter 31 of Ishoʿyahb III, catholicos of the Church of the East (c. 649–659), is addressed to Mar Sabrishoʿ the bishop. The letter follows standard Syriac epistolary co… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 231 | 5 5 kinds | machine-draft |
027 Letter 32 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), is addressed to Mar Samuel the priest. The letter likely dates to Ishoʿyahb's patriarchate and… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 189 | 5 5 kinds | machine-draft |
028 Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), writes to a priest named Yoḥanan, whose identity and the letter’s occasion remain unknown. The letter opens… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 256 | 5 5 kinds | machine-draft |
029 Letter 34 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), is a mid-7th-century Syriac epistle addressed to a Catholicos. It forms… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 283 | 5 4 kinds | machine-draft |
030 Letter 35 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (ca. 649–659), addresses a metropolitan named Hormizd concerning ecclesiastical discipline and the author… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 194 | 5 5 kinds | machine-draft |
031 Letter 36 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East (c. 649–659 CE), is addressed to Alahazeka, a priest and teacher otherwise unknown… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 669 | 12 6 kinds | machine-draft |
032 Letter 37 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, Catholicos of the Church of the East (649–659), is a formal ecclesiastical letter addressed to the Catholicos Patriarch. The lett… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 250 | 6 6 kinds | machine-draft |
033 Letter 38 of Ishoʿyahb III, Catholicos of the Church of the East (c. 649–659), is addressed to Mar Aba, a bishop of uncertain see. The letter survives only in a single 9… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 629 | 12 7 kinds | machine-draft |
034 Letter 39 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, Catholicos of the Church of the East (649–659), is a Syriac epistle addressed to a Catholicos (likely the same office) during the… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 3 | 784 | 17 9 kinds | machine-draft |
035 Ishoʿyahb III, metropolitan of Adiabene, writes to the physician Sergius in response to a report of a disease, likely a plague outbreak in the 630s. The letter offers pa… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 265 | 5 4 kinds | machine-draft |
036 Letter 40 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, addressed to an unnamed Catholicos (likely the recipient himself), is a Syriac epistle from the 7th-century Church of the East. I… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 587 | 11 5 kinds | machine-draft |
037 Letter 41 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses a certain Moshe the priest. The letter discusses Christological controversies, parti… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 3 | 824 | 15 7 kinds | machine-draft |
038 Letter 42 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses Metropolitan Quriaqos of Beth Garmai on ecclesiastical discipline and metropolitan a… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 6 | 1,710 | 32 8 kinds | machine-draft |
039 Letter 43 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses the high-ranking convert Mar Yazdannan on orthodox Christology amid post-Chalcedonia… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 6 | 2,008 | 33 7 kinds | machine-draft |
040 Letter 44 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (c. 649–659), addresses Metropolitan Gabriel. The letter likely dates from Ishoʿyahb’s patriarchate and s… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 5 | 1,575 | 28 7 kinds | machine-draft |
041 Letter 45 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses the clergy and people of Balad (modern Eski Mosul) during a schism, likely following… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 3 | 983 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
042 Letter 46 (Untitled II) by Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene is a Syriac epistle from the 7th century, likely composed during his patriarchate of the Church of the East (649–659… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 3 | 898 | 16 6 kinds | machine-draft |
043 Letter 47 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses Mar Quriaqos, metropolitan of Beth Garmai. The letter deals with administrative and… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 3 | 776 | 15 8 kinds | machine-draft |
044 Letter 48 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), is a pastoral yet firm epistle addressed to a group of monks, likely in the region… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 5 | 1,616 | 27 7 kinds | machine-draft |
045 Letter 49 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (ca. 649–659), addresses Metropolitan Gabriel, an otherwise unattested figure. The letter likely deals wi… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 393 | 6 6 kinds | machine-draft |
046 Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (c. 649–659), writes to the solitary Hnanishoʿ to address ‘difficult things that happen against faith.’ The letter lik… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 480 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
047 Letter 50 of Ishoʿyahb III, Catholicos of the Church of the East (ca. 649–659), addresses Yoḥanan the priest and Teʿi, a lay leader in Erbil, Adiabene. The letter discus… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 530 | 11 5 kinds | machine-draft |
048 Letter 51 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (c. 649–659), is a pastoral and admonitory epistle addressed to several monks, likely responding to a mon… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 433 | 11 7 kinds | machine-draft |
049 Letter 52 of Ishoʿyahb III, Patriarch of the Church of the East (c. 649–659), is addressed to Mar Gabriel the Metropolitan and Hormizd the bishop. The letter belongs to… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 3 | 1,123 | 16 7 kinds | machine-draft |
050 Letter 5 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (ca. 649–659), addressed to Mar Daniel of Arbela, a teacher and monastic leader. Written in Syriac during… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 739 | 12 6 kinds | machine-draft |
051 Letter 6 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (c. 649–659), is addressed to a community or individual called 'the faithful Sabroi,' likely in the Persia… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 276 | 6 6 kinds | machine-draft |
052 Letter 7 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses Hormizd, a monastic leader, concerning the physical and spiritual arrangement of cell… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 193 | 5 4 kinds | machine-draft |
053 Letter 8 of Ishoʿyahb III, patriarch of the Church of the East (649–659), addresses Sabrishoʿ, abbot of the monastery of Mar Sliba. The letter exhorts steadfastness amid… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 2 | 424 | 10 7 kinds | machine-draft |
054 Letter 9 of Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, addressed to an otherwise unknown Sergius, offers pastoral consolation after a military defeat described as the destruction of the… | Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene | 1 | 218 | 5 5 kinds | machine-draft |
055 The Letter from Andrew of Samosata to Rabbula is a formal Syriac epistle from the early 5th century, addressed to Rabbula, bishop of Edessa (r. 411–435 CE). It engages w… | Rabbula of Edessa | 1 | 371 | 6 5 kinds | machine-draft |
056 The Letter from Barlaha to Simeon on the Translation of the Psalms is a Syriac epistolary work attributed to an otherwise unknown author, Barlaha. It describes the trans… | Barlaha | 26 | 7,818 | 151 9 kinds | machine-draft |
057 Cyril of Alexandria's letter to Rabbula of Edessa, written shortly after the Council of Ephesus (431 CE), seeks to secure Rabbula's support against Nestorius and his Ant… | Rabbula of Edessa | 4 | 1,043 | 22 7 kinds | machine-draft |
058 The Letter from Eusebius, patriarch of Rome, to Papa, Catholicos of the East, is a pseudepigraphical Syriac composition attributed to a Roman bishop named Eusebius and a… | Eusebius of Rome | 1 | 180 | 6 5 kinds | machine-draft |
059 The Letter from Mar Papa to the citizens of Nisibis is a 4th-century Syriac epistle attributed to Papa bar Aggai, bishop of Nisibis (c. 310–330). Written as a pastoral i… | Papa bar Aggai | 6 | 2,109 | 34 6 kinds | machine-draft |
060 Rabbula, bishop of Edessa (411/412–435), wrote this letter to Andrew of Samosata during the Nestorian controversy of the 420s. The letter survives only in Syriac, preser… | Rabbula of Edessa | 1 | 285 | 6 5 kinds | machine-draft |
061 The Letter from Simeon of Mart Maryam in Response to Barlaha is a Syriac epistolary work of uncertain date, likely from the 6th century. It survives in a single manuscri… | Barlaha | 27 | 9,178 | 155 9 kinds | machine-draft |
062 The Letter from Mar Ephrem the Doctor to Mar Papa the Catholicos Patriarch is a Syriac epistolary text attributed to Ephrem the Syrian but of disputed authenticity. Surv… | Ephrem the Syrian | 7 | 2,117 | 41 8 kinds | machine-draft |
063 The Letter of Mara bar Serapion is an anonymous Syriac epistolary work traditionally attributed to a figure named Mara bar Serapion, otherwise unattested. The sole manus… | Anonymous | 8 | 2,754 | 46 8 kinds | machine-draft |
064 The Letter of Simeon of Beth Arsham concerning Barsawma is a Syriac epistle attributed to Simeon of Beth Arsham, a Syriac Orthodox author active in the late 5th to early… | Simeon of Beth Arsham | 8 | 2,399 | 45 9 kinds | machine-draft |
065 This dossier examines a surviving portion of a letter from Rabbula, bishop of Edessa (411/412–435), to Cyril of Alexandria, composed during the Nestorian controversy (ca… | Rabbula of Edessa | 1 | 173 | 5 5 kinds | machine-draft |
066 Aphrahat's prefatory letter introduces his collection of Demonstrations, a series of Syriac expository works on Christian faith and practice. Written in the mid-4th cent… | Aphrahat | 1 | 274 | 6 6 kinds | machine-draft |
067 The Synodical letter from the Western Fathers to Mar Papa catholicos is a 4th-century Syriac letter, likely translated from a lost Greek original. It is addressed to Mar… | Anonymous | 6 | 1,956 | 35 9 kinds | machine-draft |