The text published here is the Book of the Laws of Countries, a dialogue in which Bardaisan plays the major role. Nau gives this fascinating text in Syriac (Estrangela) and a French translation along with explanatory notes.

Three Syriac law codes issued by Syriac Patriarchs under Muslim rule; they include ecclesiastical and civil law with a German translation.

In this work, the author's doctoral thesis, Hayes looks at the "school" very broadly in general terms of the Christian intellectual and theological milieu of the city.

Rahmani presents an edition of Ephrem's poems "On Virginity, ' which in fact deal with a number of other subjects as well, especially biblical narratives. He presents the Syriac text, an annotated Latin translation, an introduction, and a brief lexicon.

Payne Smith here gives an edition, prefaced by a helpful introduction (in Latin), of the Syriac translation of Cyril of Alexandria's interpretation of Luke's Gospel, which is incomplete in Greek.

Dom R.H. Connolly provides an English translation and study of four liturgical homilies by Narsai.

This volume contains the Syriac texts and annotated English translations of mystical treatises from five authors of the Church of the East belonging to the 7th and 8th centuries.

This volume presents, in Syriac and English, Job of Edessa's encyclopedic work covering all manner of scientific topics. It will be of interest to readers interested in Aristotelianism and the intellectual climate of the Middle East around the ninth century.

Nau gives here a heavily annotated French translation of the Syriac version of Nestorius's lost Greek work called The Book of Heraclides, a lengthy defense and description of his christological position, along with a few shorter texts.

Payne Smith gives an English translation of part of John of Ephesus' Ecclesiastical History, which does not survive complete. It is one of the most significant texts for studying church history in the later sixth century in the east.