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Rhythms on the Faith

English translation by J. B. Morris, from Select Works of S. Ephrem the Syrian , translated out of the original Syriac, with notes and indices, by the Rev. J. B. Morris (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: F. and J. Rivington, 1847; Library of the Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church 41); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan digitised by Google at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. Morris’s preface and advertisement, his footnotes, the notes printed after some of the rhythms, the additions and corrections and the indexes are also left out; the short arguments that head each page are removed. No original-language text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1847 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

Three Rhythms concerning the Faith

English translation by J. B. Morris, from Select Works of S. Ephrem the Syrian , translated out of the original Syriac, with notes and indices, by the Rev. J. B. Morris (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: F. and J. Rivington, 1847; Library of the Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church 41); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan digitised by Google at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. Morris’s preface and advertisement, his footnotes, the notes printed after some of the rhythms, the additions and corrections and the indexes are also left out; the short arguments that head each page are removed. No original-language text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1847 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

Rhythms on the Nativity of Christ

English translation by J. B. Morris, from Select Works of S. Ephrem the Syrian , translated out of the original Syriac, with notes and indices, by the Rev. J. B. Morris (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: F. and J. Rivington, 1847; Library of the Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church 41); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan digitised by Google at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. Morris’s preface and advertisement, his footnotes, the notes printed after some of the rhythms, the additions and corrections and the indexes are also left out; the short arguments that head each page are removed. No original-language text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1847 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

A Rhythm against the Jews

English translation by J. B. Morris, from Select Works of S. Ephrem the Syrian , translated out of the original Syriac, with notes and indices, by the Rev. J. B. Morris (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: F. and J. Rivington, 1847; Library of the Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church 41); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan digitised by Google at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. Morris’s preface and advertisement, his footnotes, the notes printed after some of the rhythms, the additions and corrections and the indexes are also left out; the short arguments that head each page are removed. No original-language text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1847 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

On Faith

English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

Demonstration 2 On love

English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

Demonstration 7 On penitents

English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

The Book of the Cave of Treasures

English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, from The Book of the Cave of Treasures , translated from the Syriac text of the British Museum MS. Add. 25875 by E. A. Wallis Budge (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1927); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1927 edition at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. Budge’s explanatory notes are also left out, and so are his essay on Ur, the bibliography and the index. No original-language text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1927 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

Syriac Miscellanies

English translation: an out-of-copyright translation as transcribed, or commissioned and given to the public domain, by Roger Pearse for his collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts ( tertullian.org/fathers ). SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. published 1861. Licence: Public domain.

Life of Mar Aba

English translation: an out-of-copyright translation as transcribed, or commissioned and given to the public domain, by Roger Pearse for his collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts ( tertullian.org/fathers ). SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. translated for the site and dedicated to the public domain (2013). Licence: Public domain.

A Syriac Fragment: Chronicle 754-813AD

English translation: an out-of-copyright translation as transcribed, or commissioned and given to the public domain, by Roger Pearse for his collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts ( tertullian.org/fathers ). SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. translation by E. W. Brooks, 1890s-1900s. Licence: Public domain.

The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614

English translation: an out-of-copyright translation as transcribed, or commissioned and given to the public domain, by Roger Pearse for his collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts ( tertullian.org/fathers ). SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. translation by F. C. Conybeare, English Historical Review, 1910. Licence: Public domain.

The Book of the Bee

English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, from The Book of the Bee: the Syriac text edited from the manuscripts in London, Oxford and Munich, with an English translation , by E. A. Wallis Budge (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1886; Anecdota Oxoniensia , Semitic Series 1.2); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1886 edition at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. The Syriac text, the glossary and the index are also left out. No original-language text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1886 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

John bar Zo'bi, An extract from a metrical homily

English translation: an out-of-copyright translation as transcribed, or commissioned and given to the public domain, by Roger Pearse for his collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts ( tertullian.org/fathers ). SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. published 1852. Licence: Public domain.

Khamis bar Kardahe, A poem

English translation: an out-of-copyright translation as transcribed, or commissioned and given to the public domain, by Roger Pearse for his collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts ( tertullian.org/fathers ). SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. published 1852. Licence: Public domain.