...Possekel and Coakley must be thanked for this valuable publication, which will undoubtedly function as the standard edition and English version for years to come. It contributes to our understanding of Syriac-speaking Christianity in late antiquity and provides the basis for future research concerning the reception of earlier traditions in the Church of the East in the early sixth century.
Ute Possekel is Lecturer on Syriac at Harvard Divinity School.
J. F. Coakley was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University.