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On the Monastic Profession is a Syriac liturgical or canonical text composed by Timothy II, patriarch of the Church of the East (1318–c. 1353). It provides instructions…

Narsai's memrā 'On the New Creation' is a late fifth-century Syriac poetic homily that explores the theme of eschatological renewal and restoration. Composed during Nars…

Narsai's memrā on the Parable of the Ten Virgins is a metrical homily in Syriac, likely composed in the late fifth century. It survives in a single 19th-century manuscri…

Jacob of Serugh's metrical homily on the parable of the vineyard laborers (Matt 20:1–16) is a verse exposition composed in Syriac during his episcopal tenure in Batnan (…

Narsai's memrā on the Passion is a metrical homily composed in Syriac isosyllabic couplets, likely in the late fifth century at the School of Edessa or Nisibis. It treat…

Jacob of Serugh's homily 'On the Pharisee and the Publican Who Went up to the Temple to Pray' expands the Gospel parable (Luke 18:10–14) into a moral and Christological…

Jacob of Serugh's metrical homily 'On the Power of Repentance' explores repentance as a transformative, divine force that enables the believer to return from sin to God.…

This work is a Syriac verse homily (memrā) on the Lord's Prayer, traditionally attributed to Jacob of Serugh (ca. 451–521). It survives in a single 9th–10th century manu…

On the Priesthood is a Syriac homily attributed to Timothy II, patriarch of the Church of the East (1318–1332). Delivered in a liturgical setting, the work employs eleva…

Narsai's homily On the Prodigal Son is a Syriac mēmrā (isosyllabic couplet poem) that reworks the Lucan parable (Luke 15:11–32) into a dramatic dialogue between the fath…

Jacob of Serugh's memrā on the prodigal son is a verse exposition of Luke 15:11–32, composed in Syriac during his episcopate at Batnan (late 5th–early 6th century). The…

Narsai's memra on the Raising of Lazarus is a festal homily from the late fifth century, composed in Syriac for the East Syriac liturgical tradition. It survives in a si…

Narsai's memra 'On the Repentant Thief' is a metrical homily in twelve-syllable verse, traditionally attributed to the late fifth-century East Syriac poet-theologian. Th…

Narsai's memrā 'On the Resurrection' is a Syriac liturgical poem in isosyllabic couplets, composed in the late fifth or early sixth century. It explores the eschatologic…

On the Revelations to Abraham is a Syriac memrā (metrical homily) attributed to Narsai (d. ca. 500 CE), composed in isosyllabic couplets typical of his homiletic style.…

Narsai's homily On the Rich Man and Lazarus is a verse-by-verse exposition of Luke 16:19–31, composed in Syriac during the second half of the fifth century CE. The work…

Jacob of Serugh's metrical homily on the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19–31) is a Syriac memra composed in the late 5th to early 6th century. It survives in multiple ma…

Narsai's memra 'On the Second Coming' is a metrical homily in 12-syllable verse with end-rhyme, composed in the late fifth century CE. It belongs to the East Syriac litu…

On the Solitaries is a collection of ascetic sayings and counsels attributed to Abraham of Nathpar, a late 6th- to early 7th-century East Syriac monastic author. The wor…

Narsai's metrical homily (memrā) on the soul, composed in the late fifth century CE, is a didactic and rhetorical poem typical of the East Syriac tradition. It employs s…

Narsai's metrical homily (memra) on the tabernacle blends typological exegesis with liturgical imagery, interpreting the Mosaic tabernacle as a microcosm of creation and…

Narsai's memrā on the temptation of Christ, composed for Epiphany or Lent in the late fifth century, presents a typological exegesis linking the first Adam's fall to Chr…

Narsai's memra on the temptation of Christ is a metrical homily in Syriac, composed in the late fifth century CE. It uses the 12-syllable meter typical of Narsai's works…

Narsai's memra 'On the Three Children' is a metrical homily (ʿūḡāyā) composed in the late fifth century CE, likely during his time at the School of Nisibis. The work cel…

Narsai's 'On the Three Doctors' is a Syriac memra (metrical homily) celebrating the three Greek-speaking teachers Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Nestoriu…

This memrā (verse homily) by Narsai, a leading theologian of the Church of the East (d. ca. 502 CE), offers a poetic exposition of Genesis 11:1–9, the Tower of Babel nar…

Narsai's homily on the Virgin Mary, composed in Syriac in the late fifth century, is a liturgical poem celebrating Mary as the Mother of God (yāldat ʾalāhā). It reflects…

On the Wheat and the Tares is a metrical homily (memrā) attributed to Narsai (d. ca. 503), a leading theologian of the Church of the East. The work allegorizes the Parab…

This metrical homily (memra) by Narsai (d. ca. 503) allegorizes the parable of the workers in the vineyard (Matt 20:1–16). Narsai reworks the Gospel narrative as a spiri…

On Virginity is a prose exhortation on ascetic virginity attributed to Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373). Written in Syriac, it is parenetic and scripturally dense, reflecting…

On Works is a memrā (metrical homily) by Narsai, a prominent theologian and poet of the Church of the East in the late fifth to early sixth century. Composed in isosylla…

Jacob of Serugh's homily on Zacchaeus the publican is a verse exposition of the Lucan story (Luke 19:1-10), blending exegesis with moral exhortation. It presents Zacchae…

Precepts and Advice to Priests and Sons of the Covenant is a Syriac pastoral text attributed to Rabbula of Edessa (d. 435/436 CE). It survives in a single manuscript (Br…

Recognition 4 of the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions, attributed to Clement of Rome, survives in a single Syriac manuscript (Vat. syr. 104) translated from a lost Greek o…

The 'Supplications in the First Tone' is a Syriac liturgical collection traditionally attributed to Rabbula of Edessa (d. 435). It survives in a single manuscript tradit…

The Travels of Peter is a first-person travel narrative attributed to the apostle Peter, surviving only in a single Syriac manuscript (DSC 389). The work blends apocryph…

Gregorius bar Hebraeus's 'Treatise of Treatises, Book 1' is a philosophical-theological work in Syriac, structured as a series of dialogues or disputations. The title su…

Book 2 of the Treatise of Treatises by Gregorius bar Hebraeus (d. 1286) is a philosophical-theological dialogue in Syriac between a master and disciple. It explores bein…

Treatise of Treatises, Book 3 by Gregorius bar Hebraeus is a philosophical-theological dialogue in Syriac, employing East Syriac scholastic terminology. It systematicall…