The Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch: A[nother] Preliminary Checklist
Edward G.
Mathews, Jr.
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
January 2003
Vol. 6, No. 1
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Edward G. MATHEWS, Jr.
The Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch: A[nother] Preliminary Checklist
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Abstract
Isaac of Antioch is lauded by several of
his contemporaries as one of the most prolific of all early
Syriac authors. Despite these accolades, the works attributed
to him remain for all intents and purposes entirely unedited.
Less than a third of the works known to be attributed to him
exist in any printed form. This list, the fourth such, is the
latest and most complete—albeit still provisional—attempt to
record the incipits of this vast corpus.
[1] Although
one still occasionally finds an apologia that Ephrem has
not been given his due in Western circles, the fact is that the
fourth-century Syrian deacon has been the object of much study
in recent decades—among both eastern and western scholars —and
so has finally attained his proper place in contemporary
scholarship —though this is not at all to say that the last
word has been said! Not only have all of his genuine Syriac
works been edited, mostly by Dom Edmund Beck, but there has
also been recent advancement on the non-Syrian works attributed
to him. Many of these texts have now been translated into
modern western languages, although on this front there still
remains work to be done. In addition to critically edited
texts, there has been a remarkable amount of secondary study,
both scholarly and popular, not only by such scholars as Beck,
Leloir, Brock, Murray, etc., but by a rapidly growing number of
other scholars.
For all these facets of Ephrem studies, the very
useful articles J. Melki, �Saint Ephrem le Syrien, un bilan de
l��dition critique� (ParOr 11 [1983]), 3-88, and S.P.
Brock, �A Brief Guide to the Main Editions and Translations of
the Works of St. Ephrem� (The Harp 3 [1990]), 7-29, have
now been superseded by K. den Biesen, Bibliography of Ephrem
the Syrian (Published by author, 2002).
Alas, this felicitous situation does not exist
for a number of Ephrem�s near contemporaries and literary
successors.� Even within the field of Syriac studies itself too
many other Syriac writers remain relatively ignored.
[2] Some
fifteen years ago Sebastian Brock noted, with great dismay,
�the underdeveloped state of Syriac studies,�
S.P. Brock, �The Published Verse Homilies of Isaac
of Antioch, Jacob of Serugh, and Narsai:� Index of Incipits�
(JSS 32 [1987]), 279-280, reiterated in S.P. Brock,
�Syriac Studies in the Last Three Decades:� Some Reflections,�
in VI Symposium Syriacum 1992, Orientalia Christiana
Analecta 247, ed. R. Lavenant (Rome:� Pontificio Istituto
Orientale, 1994), 28, and echoed by A. de Halleux, �Vingt ans
d��tude critique des �glises syriaques,� in The Christian
East:� Its Institutions and its Thought.� A Critical
Reflection, Orientalia Christiana Analecta 251, ed. R.F.
Taft (Rome:� Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 1996), 155.
with particular
regard to three of the most prolific writers of the fifth and
sixth centuries: Isaac of Antioch, Jacob of Sarug, and Narsai,
whose collective works span the christological divide of this
period. At that time, Brock encouraged �scholars to turn their
attention to this fruitful field of study.�
S.P. Brock, �The Published Verse Homilies,� 279.
Nevertheless, while
some minimal progress has been made with the latter two
authors, nearly none has been made with the corpus that goes
under the name of Isaac of Antioch. In a previous article in
this journal, I compiled a short bibliography of the editions,
translations, and secondary literature concerned with this
corpus.
E.G. Mathews, Jr., �A Bibliographical Clavis
to the Corpus of Works attributed to Isaac of Antioch�
( [2002]).
While this article was intended as a sort of
preliminary vade mecum, it also served to highlight the
dearth of serious work on this corpus.
[3] In a
footnote to this same article, I made allusion to a second
preliminary reference tool that was in the course of
preparation. I have been compiling, on and off for several
years, a comprehensive catalogue of the manuscript works
attributed to Isaac. In its finished form, it will be published
by the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative in the Subsidia
volumes of its Eastern Christian Texts Series.� It is
hoped that this catalogue will provide a listing of every known
work attributed to Isaac, by title and incipit, together with
all the known manuscripts, with the relevant folio numbers, in
which that particular work can be found. I hope also to include
a second listing, an itemized list of all those manuscripts
that contain only or primarily works of Isaac. These two lists
will be prefaced by a preliminary study of the manuscript
tradition. Other scholars and friends, associated with both
METI and Hugoye, thought that it might thought
that it might be a good idea to publish here a preliminary
checklist of incipits while the full catalogue is in
preparation.
Among all these persons, I would like here to
record very special thanks to Mr. Kristian Heal who has, in
addition to his constant encouragement on this and other
projects, graciously made available to me a number of texts to
which I would not otherwise have had access.
[4] There
already exist three such catalogues or checklists of the works
attributed to Isaac. The first published list was part of
Joseph Assemani�s great catalogue of Syrian authors and their
works (see reference, below). In this initial catalogue, culled
almost exclusively from the collection of Syriac manuscripts in
the Vatican Library, Assemani listed 105 m�mr�, each with a
brief description of its contents, under the heading of Isaac
of Antioch. A little more than a century and a half later
Gustav Bickell, in the introduction to his partial edition of
Isaac�s works (see reference, below), compiled a second, fuller
list of incipits of works attributed to Isaac. Bickell compiled
this list from his research in most of the larger western
collections of Syriac manuscripts. Thus, Bickell was able to
expand the list that Assemani had compiled to a total of 182
works whose incipits are known, along with another nine
fragments that survive without incipit. Finally, in the article
already cited above, Sebastian Brock provided a third checklist
of incipits of the works attributed to Isaac. Brock�s list,
limited to m�mr� only, was culled almost exclusively from those
texts edited by Bickell and Bedjan (see reference, below), and
from the previous lists of Assemani and Bickell.
[5] The
checklist of incipits of Isaac�s works which I present here
includes a total of 185 m�mr� and 19
madrāš�.�While it contains much of the same information
as found in these previous lists, this new checklist has the
slight improvement over the two more recent lists of Bickell
and Brock in that it provides more known works, fuller incipits
in most cases, as well as a more comprehensive list of titles,
though some still remain unknown. Working on the great
foundation laid by these previous scholars, I was also able
tacitly to fix a few inadvertent typographical errors that had
crept into their work. It is hoped, therefore, that this list
will be of some use to scholars of Syriac literature, not only
for its own sake but also as a first step, in response to
Sebastian Brock�s call decades ago, toward reparating a great
lacuna in Syriac studies. This list in no way purports to make
any attempt at sorting out the thorny problem of how many
Isaacs � or other authors � there are whose works are included
in this collection. For now, I have simply listed all the works
attributed to Isaac, including those sharing attribution with
Ephrem. I have included some works listed by Bickell that are
only fragmentary and likely constitute parts of other known
works. I have also refrained from listing every variant found
in the incipit verses. It is more than probable that there
exist not a few other works that can be attributed to Isaac,
but which have no such manuscript attribution.
In addition to works that share attribution with
Ephrem in the manuscript tradition, it is likely that some
works attributed only to Ephrem actually belong to Isaac.� I am
currently preparing editions of several such m�mr� but, for the
purpose of this checklist, I have not presumed the conclusions
of this work.
Only good
critical editions and long, careful study can help to sort out
these problems.
[6] As with
my previous �Bibliographical Clavis�, the electronic medium
afforded by Hugoye provides me with the opportunity to
solicit assistance from fellow scholars with regard either to
additional works attributed to Isaac or with additional
manuscript entries from libraries to which I do not have
access. I believe that I have scoured the major western
catalogues and, in some cases, I was able to examine the
manuscripts in situ.� As every Syriac scholar knows, the
state of the eastern collections, while improving, is not
always what one might desire. Coupled with this is the fact
that life, with its own unforeseen �twists and turns� has left
me unable to check the eastern collections with the same care
as I hope I have done with the western collections � hence my
subtitle, �A[nother] Preliminary Checklist�. Therefore, it
would be of great help to me if anyone who had access to such
collections would be so kind as to relay any information on
such works attributed to Isaac of Antioch or on works whose
incipits are found in this list but are attributed to others,
such as Ephrem or even, as occurs on occasion, Isaac of
Nineveh. Such assistance will be acknowledged with extreme
gratefulness in the final product.
[7] For ease
of reference, I have utilized the following sigla in
conjunction with my checklist. In brackets, below the titles, I
have made comprehensive cross-references to all three of the
previous checklists of Isaac�s works. In the case of each of
these, the reference number is to the item number of each
checklist, not to a page number. Where a particular work has
already been edited, I have also given precise references, with
pagination, to the editions of Bedjan and Bickell. In the case
of Bedjan�s edition, I have provided the page numbers, whereas
in the case of Bickell, a lonely Arabic number following the
abbreviation indicates the number in his list found in vol. I,
pp. iv-viii, of his edition. When he has also edited that
particular work, I have marked it by a colon after that Arabic
numeral, followed by the volume and page numbers. All of these
cross-references are found within brackets found in the line
immediately below the title of the work.
A
—
J.S. Assemanus, Bibliotheca Orientalis
Clementino-Vaticana I (Rome 1719) 207-234.
Be
—
P. Bedjan, ed., Homiliae S. Isaaci Syri
Antiocheni I (Paris 1903).
Bk
—
G. Bickell, ed., Sancti Isaaci Antiochi Doctoris
syrorum opera omnia, syriace, arabiceque primus edidit,
latine vertit� I-II (Gissae 1873-1877).
Br
—
S.P. Brock, �The Published Verse Homilies of Isaac of
Antioch, Jacob of Serugh, and Narsai:� Index of Incipits,��
JSS 32 (1987), 279-313.
L
—
T.J. Lamy, ed., Sancti Ephraem Syri Hymni et
Sermones I-IV (Mechlinia 1882-1902).
M�mr�
1. no title
��������������� [Bk 1; Br 3]
Inc.
2. On Silence
Inc.
3. On [Deceased] Youths IV
��������������� [A 103; Bk 2; Br 4]
Inc.
4. An Admonition
��������������� [A 48; Be 180-213; Bk 3; Br 5]
Inc.
5. On Adam and Eve
��������������� [A 75; Bk 169; Br 8]
Inc.
6. On Almsgiving
��������������� [A 51; Be 651-655; Bk 5; Br 10]
Inc.
7. no title
Inc.
8. no title
��������������� [Bk 6; Br 14]
Inc.
9. On the Rich Man and Lazarus
��������������� [A 23; Be 112-127; Bk 9; Br 16]
Inc.
10. On that Bird who cried out the Trisagion in
Antioch
������������������������������� [Be 737-788; Bk 7:I.84-174;
Br 18]
Inc.
11. On Silence
��������������� [Bk 10; Br 24]
Inc.
12. no title
��������������� [Bk 11; Br 25]
Inc.
13. On the vigil of Monks
��������������� [L IV, 207-215]
Inc.
14. no title
��������������� [Bk 12; Br 27]
Inc.
15. On the Crucifixion IV
��������������� [A 67 quart; Bk 170; Br 29]
Inc.
16. An Exhortation to Humility
��������������� [A 6; Be 329-350; Bk 13:II.162-202; Br
31]
Inc.
17. On the Crucifixion V
��������������� [A 67 quint; Bk 171; Br 35]
Inc.
18. On Tyranny and Oppression III
��������������� [A 63 ter; Bk 15; Br 36]
Inc.
19. no title
��������������� [Bk 179; Br 37]
Inc.
20. An Admonition against Blasphemers
��������������� [A 12; Be 381-386; Bk 16; Br 39]
Inc.
21. Against those who go to Soothsayers
��������������� [Be 821-830; Bk 17:II.204-220; Br 40]
Inc.
22. On Perfection
��������������� [Bk 101b; Br 41]
Inc.
23. On Humility
��������������� [A 85; Bk 18; Br 42]
Inc.
24. no title
��������������� [Bk 19; Br 43]
Inc.
25. On Solitaries, Mourners, and Hermits
������������������������������ [A 15; Be 49-70; L IV,
147-185; Bk 20; Br 45]
Inc.
26. On Solitaries and Monks
��������������� [A 21; Be 81-106; Bk 21; Br 46]
Inc.
27. On Avarice
��������������� [A 3; Be 36-44; L IV, 225-239; Bk 22; Br
47]
Inc.
28. On the Humility of the Brethren
��������������� [A 4; Be 13-24; L IV, 241-261; Bk 23; Br
51]
Inc.
29. On Tyranny and Oppression I
��������������� [A 63 prim; Bk 24; Br 52]
Inc.
30. On the Censure of Conscience
��������������� [A 35; Be 566-576; Bk 25; Br 53]
Inc.
31. On Repentance
��������������� [A 17; Be 76-80; Bk 26; Br 62]
Inc.
32. On the Sinful Woman
��������������� [A 93; Bk 27; Br 66]
Inc.
33. On Sitting in Silence and the Way of
Righteousness
Inc.
34. no title
��������������� [Bk 28]
Inc.
35. On Our Lord and On Faith
��������������� [Be 805-815; Bk 180:I.32-48; Br 70]
Inc.
36. On Perfection
Inc.
37. On the Crucifixion I
��������������� [A 67 prim; Bk 172; Br 78]
Inc.
38. An Admonition to Monks
��������������� [A 104; Bk 30; Br 83]
Inc.
39. On the Ball that Children Use
��������������� [Bk 31; Br 85]
Inc.
40. On Supplication
��������������� [A 62; Bk 32; Br 87]
Inc.
41. On Cain and Abel
��������������� [A 76; Bk 33; Br 88]
Inc.
42. On Faith
��������������� [Bk 181:I.176-178; Br 91]
Inc.
43. On Solitaries
��������������� [Bk 34; Br 93]
Inc.
44. An Admonition on Falsehood
��������������� [A 13; Be 387-391; Bk 35; Br 95]
Inc.
45. On Supplication
��������������� [A 36; Be 576-587; Bk 36; Br 96]
Inc.
46. On the Enclosed Brethren VI
��������������� [A 26 sextus; Be 513-520; Bk 37; Br 97]
Inc.
47. On All the Deceased II
��������������� [A 101; Bk 39; Br 107]
Inc.
48. On Deceased Adolescents
��������������� [A 98; Bk 40; Br 117]
Inc.
49. On the Nativity of Our Lord
��������������� [Bk 41; Br 120]
Inc.
50. On Ezekiel�s Chariot
��������������� [Bk 185:I.52]
Inc.
51. On the Ascension of Our Lord
��������������� [Bk 42; Br 121]
Inc.
52. On Faith
��������������� [A 53; Be 655-664; Bk 43; Br 123]
Inc.
53. no title
��������������� [Bk 44; Br 132]
Inc.
54. On the Coming of the Lord
��������������� [Bk 45; Br 134]
Inc.
55. On the Saying of the Prophet Isaiah, �All flesh is
grass�
��������������� [A 19; Be 408-420; L II, 313-333; Bk 46; Br
135]
Inc.
56. no title
��������������� [Bk 47]
Inc.
57. An Admonition
��������������� [A 49; Be 213-239; Bk 48; Br 136]
Inc.
58. On the Perfection of the Brethren
��������������� [A 2; Be 296-305; Bk 49; Br 137;
Zingerle
P. Zingerle, Chrestomathia Syriaca (Rome
1871), 302-306.
]
Inc.
59. no title
Inc.
60. On the End of the World
��������������� [A 16; Be 71-75; Bk 50; Br 168]
Inc.
61. no title
��������������� [Bk 51; Br 169]
Inc.
62. A Lament
��������������� [Bk 52; Br 171]
Inc.
63. On the Samaritan Woman I
��������������� [A 79 prim; Bk 54; Br 181]
Inc.
64. On the Enclosed Brethren III
��������������� [A 26 tert; Be 484-492; Bk 55; Br 182]
Inc.
65. On Faith and the Incarnation
��������������� [Be 789-800; Bk I 2-24; Bk 56; Br 183]
Inc.
66. On the Lenten Fast I
��������������� [A 45 prim; Be 158-170; Bk 57:I.250-274; Br
188]
Inc.
67. On the Verse, �It is good to confess the
Lord�
��������������� [A 91; Be 815-821; Bk 58:I.294-306; Br
189]
Inc.
68. On Sacrifice
Inc.
69. On the Plague in the Time of King David
��������������� [Bk 59; Br 193]
Inc.
70. On the Enclosed Brethren VIII
��������������� [A 26 oct; Be 531-539; Bk 60; Br 197]
Inc.
71. Against the Jews
��������������� [A 73; Bk 61; Br 199; Kazan
S. Kazan, �Isaac of Antioch�s Homily against the
Jews� (OrChr 45 [1961]), 30-53.
]
Inc.
72. On the Prodigal Son II
��������������� [A 86 sec; Bk 63; Br 201]
Inc.
73. On the Changes in the World and in the Mind
��������������� [A 50; Be 642-651; Bk 64; Br 204]
Inc.
74. no title
��������������� [Bk 65]
Inc.
75. no title
��������������� [Bk 66]
Inc.
76. no title
��������������� [Bk 67]
Inc.
77. On Those Who Come for Instruction
��������������� [A 74; Bk 68; Br 206]
Inc.
78. On Repentance
��������������� [L IV, 453-461; Bk 69; Br 207]
Inc.
79. On the Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus
��������������� [Bk 182]
Inc.
80. On the Faith
��������������� [A 9; Be 712-725; Bk 70:I.54-78; Br 216]
Inc.
81. On the Crucifixion II
��������������� [A 67 sec; Bk 173; Br 217]
Inc.
82. An Admonition
��������������� [A 20; Be 421-453; Bk 72; Br 219]
Inc.
83. no title
��������������� [Bk 73; Br 222]
Inc.
84. An Encouragement to Give Alms
��������������� [A 5; Be 305-328; Bk 74; Br 223]
Inc.
85. On Supplication I
��������������� [A 55 prim; Be 271-283; Bk 75; Br 225]
Inc.
86. On Repentance
Inc.
87. An Exhortation to Admonition
��������������� [A 22; Be 106-112; Bk 77; Br 233]
Inc.
88. On the Faith and Against Nestorius and
Eutyches
��������������� [Be 800-804; Bk 183:I.24-32; Br 234]
Inc.
89. no title
��������������� [Bk 79]
Inc.
90. On the Prodigal Son I
��������������� [A 86 prim; Bk 78; Br 239]
Inc.
91. On Deceased Priests
��������������� [A 95; Bk 80; Br 240]
Inc.
92. On the Deceased
��������������� [A 84; Bk 174; Br 245]
Inc.
93. On the Blessed Martyrs
��������������� [A 66; Bk 82; Br 246]
Inc.
94. On All the Deceased III
��������������� [A 102; Bk 85; Br 258]
Inc.
95. no title
��������������� [Bk 83; Br 259]
Inc.
96. no title
��������������� [Bk 84; Br 260]
Inc.
97. On Solitaries and Hermits
��������������� [Bk 164c; Br 261]
Inc.
98. On the Saying of the Secular Poet, �Who ruined me and
built me up?�
��������������� [A 59; Be 674-691; Bk 86:II.108-140; Br
263]
Inc.
99. On the Love of Learning
��������������� [A 1; Be 1-12; Bk 87; Br 264]
Inc.
100. no title
��������������� [A 61; Bk 88; Br 265]
Inc.
101. On the Crucifixion VI
��������������� [A 67 sex; Bk 175; Br 267]
Inc.
102. no title
��������������� [Bk 89; Br 270]
Inc.
103. On the Verse, �Unless you turn and become like
little children� I
��������������� [A 88 prim; Bk 90; Br 271]
Inc.
104. no title
��������������� [Bk 91; Br 277]
Inc.
105. On the Samaritan Woman II
��������������� [A 79 sec; Bk 93; Br 281]
Inc.
106. On the Magi who Came from the East
��������������� [A 78; Bk 94; Br 284]
Inc.
107. On Tyranny and Oppression II
��������������� [A 63 sec; Bk 95; Br 285]
Inc.
108. On the Deceased
��������������� [A 11; Be 45-49; Bk 96; Br 286]
Inc.
109. On the Verse �Unless you turn and become like little
children� II
��������������� [A 88 sec; Bk 97; Br 287]
Inc.
110. On the Man who did not consider his dignity but
consorted with a beast and became like it
��������������� [Bk 98; Br 289]
Inc.
111. On All the Deceased I
��������������� [A 99; Bk 176; Br 291]
Inc.
112. On Fasting and Almsgiving
��������������� [A 10; Be 359-381; Bk 101; Br 297]
Inc.
113. On the Enclosed Brethren I
��������������� [A 26 prim; Be 468-475; Bk 99; Br 298]
Inc.
114. no title
��������������� [Bk 100; Br 300]
Inc.
115. On the Rich of This World
��������������� [Bk 102; Br 303]
Inc.
116. no title
��������������� [Bk 103]
Inc.
117. On the Passibility and Impassibility of God the
Word
������������������������������� [A 24; Be 725-737; Bk 104;
Br 305]
Inc.
118. On the Samaritan Woman IV
��������������� [A 79 quart; Bk 105; Br 308]
Inc.
119. On Repentance
��������������� [A 54; Be 259-271; Bk 106; Br 309]
Inc.
120. no title
Inc.
121. Ad Admonition
��������������� [Bk 107:II.68-74; Br 314]
Inc.
122. On the Apostates
��������������� [A 39; Be 612-621; Bk 108; Br 315]
Inc.
123. An Admonition
��������������� [Bk 72b; Br 316]
Inc.
124. On the Time of the Pestilence
Inc.
125. no title
Inc.
126. On the Sign that Appeared in the Sky
��������������� [A 9(8); Be 350-359; Bk 109; Br 324]
Inc.
127. On [Deceased] Foreigners
��������������� [A 100; Bk 110; Br 326]
Inc.
128. On [Deceased] Youths I
��������������� [Bk 177; Br 327; Zingerle
P. Zingerle, Chrestomathia Syriaca, 387-394.
]
Inc.
129. On Perfection
��������������� [A 92; Bk 111; Br 329]
Inc.
130. no title
��������������� [Bk 112; Br 331]
Inc.
131. On the Destruction of Beth Hur I
������������������������������� [A 37 prim; Be 587-598; Bk
113:I.206-224; Br 334]
Inc.
132. On the Coming of Our Lord
��������������� [A 77; Bk 114; Br 337]
Inc.
133. no title
��������������� [Bk 116; Br 339]
Inc.
134. On the Crucifixion
Inc.
135. On the Faith
��������������� [A 94; Bk 117; Br 352]
Inc.
136. On the Falcon
��������������� [Bk 119; Br 355]
Inc.
137. On the Enclosed Brethren VII
��������������� [A 26 sept; Be 520-531; Bk 120; Br 357]
Inc.
138. On Those who go to Soothsayers
��������������� [Be 830-837; Bk 121:II.220-236; Br 358]
Inc.
139. An Admonition
��������������� [A 43; Be 145-152; Bk 123; Br 359]
Inc.
140. On the Enclosed Brethren IV
��������������� [A 26 quart; Be 492-502; Bk 124; Br 360]
Inc.
141. no title
��������������� [Bk 118; Br 363]
Inc.
142. On Supplication III
��������������� [A 55 ter; Be 664-668; Bk 122; Br 364]
Inc.
143. no title
��������������� [Bk 125; Br 368]
Inc.
144. On Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Inc.
145. no title
��������������� [Bk 126; Br 381]
Inc.
146. On Poverty, which is True Freedom
��������������� [A 42; Be 135-144; Bk 127; Br 383]
Inc.
147. On Deceased Youths II
��������������� [A 96; Bk 128; Br 388]
Inc.
148. On [the saying], �With what power will Satan
overcome a person in the trial?�
��������������� [A 25; Be 454-468; Bk 129:I.178-204; Br
397]
Inc.
149. On the Fourth Vision of King Nebuchadnezzar
��������������� [Bk 131; Br 399]
Inc.
150. On the Incarnation
��������������� [Bk 184:I.50]
Inc.
151. On the Perfection of the Brethren
��������������� [A 34; Be 539-566; Bk 164b:II.266-352; Br
407]
Inc.
152. An Admonition
��������������� [Bk 133; Br 408]
Inc.
153. On Supplication II
��������������� [A 55 sec; Be 284-295; Bk 134; Br 411]
Inc.
154. On the Destruction of Bet-Hur II
��������������� [A 37 sec; Be 598-612; Bk 135:I.226-248; Br
412]
Inc.
155. On the Cock
��������������� [Bk 136; Br 423]
Inc.
156. On the Natural Distinction of Natural
Thoughts
��������������� [A 18; Be 399-408; Bk 137; Br 425]
Inc.
157. On the World and its Evils
��������������� [Bk 138; Br 431]
Inc.
158. no title
��������������� [Bk 141; Br 433]
Inc.
159. On the Samaritan Woman III
��������������� [A 79 ter; Bk 142; Br 434]
Inc.
160. no title
��������������� [Bk 139; Br 437]
Inc.
161. On the Blessed [Virgin Mary] and on Those who
Pry
��������������� [Bk 140:I.78-84; Br 438]
Inc.
162. An Admonition
��������������� [A 6 sec; Be 25-36; Bk 144:II.142-162; Br
439]
Inc.
163. On Repentance
��������������� [A 52; Be 253-259; Bk 145; Br 442]
Inc.
164. On the Enclosed Brethren V
��������������� [A 26 quint; Be 502-513; Bk 146; Br 449]
Inc.
165. On the Saying of David, �I set the Lord before me at
all times�
��������������� [Bk 147; Br 450]
Inc.
166. On the End Times
��������������� [Bk 148; Br 461]
Inc.
167. On Creation
��������������� [A 60; Be 691-711; Bk 149; Br 474]
Inc.
168. On the Holy Cross
Inc.
169. An Admonition
��������������� [A 14; Be 392-399; Bk 150; Br 477]
Inc.
170. On the Resurrection
��������������� [Bk 151; Br 482]
Inc.
171. On the Enclosed Brethren II
��������������� [A 26 sec; Be 476-484; Bk 152; Br 483]
Inc.
172. On the Lenten Fast II
��������������� [A 45 sec; Be 171-180; Bk 153:I.274-294; Br
498]
Inc.
173. On Those who Accuse each other at Prayer and at the
Liturgy
��������������� [A 44; Be 153-158; Bk 156; Br 503]
Inc.
174. On the Crucifixion III
��������������� [A 67 ter; Bk 178; Br 505; Zingerle
P. Zingerle, Chrestomathia Syriaca,
299-301.
]
Inc.
175. On the Deceased
��������������� [Bk 157; Br 506; Zingerle
P. Zingerle, Chrestomathia Syriaca,
313-335.
; Assemani
J.S. Assemani, Sancti Patris Nostri
Ephraem Syri Opera Omnia quae exstant graece, syriace,latine,
in sex tomos distributa (Rome 1732-1743) III.242-247.
]
Inc.
176. On the Samaritan Woman V
��������������� [A 79 quint; Bk 158; Br 507]
Inc.
177. no title
��������������� [Bk 159]
Inc.
178. On Repentance
��������������� [A 40 sec; Be 127-134; Bk 160; Br 515]
Inc.
179. On the verse, �Unless you turn and become like
little children� III
��������������� [A 88 ter; Bk 161; Br 519]
Inc.
180. On Repentance
��������������� [A 40 prim; Be 621-641; Bk 164:II.236-266;
Br 527]
Inc.
181. On the Natural Composition of Humanity
��������������� [A 47; Be 239-253; Bk 162; Br 530]
Inc.
182. On the Capital City
��������������� [Bk 163; Br 531; Moss
C. Moss, �Isaac of Antioch.� Homily on the
Royal City� (ZS 7 [1929]), 295-306, (8 [1932]), 61-72.
]
Inc.
183. On �God does everything as a help�
��������������� [A 58; Be 669-674; Bk 166; Br 536]
Inc.
184. On the Vessel for Boiling Water
��������������� [Bk 168; Br 537]
Inc.
185. no title
Inc.
Madrāš�
1. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 4:II.32-38]
Inc.
2. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 8:II.14-20]
Inc.
3. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 14:II.8-14]
Inc.
4. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 29:II.74-82]
Inc.
5. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 38:II.2-6]
Inc.
6. On the Coming of the Lord
��������������� [Bk 53]
Inc.
7. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 62:II.94-102]
Inc.
8. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 71:II.20-24]
Inc.
9. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
������������������������������� [Bk 76:II.104-108]
Inc.
10. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 81:II.62-68]
Inc.
11. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 92:II.68-74]
Inc.
12. On the Coming of the Lord
��������������� [Bk 115]
Inc.
13. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 130:II.90-94]
Inc.
14. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 132:II.82-88]
Inc.
15. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 143:II.56-60]
Inc.
16. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 154:II.38-44]
Inc.
17. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 155:II.46-56]
Inc.
18. On the Coming of the Lord
��������������� [Bk 165]
Inc.
19. Against Those who Receive the Eucharist only after
long Intervals
��������������� [Bk 167:II.26-32]
Inc.
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