Contains six lectures: early bishops of Edessa, Bible in Syriac, early Syriac theology, marriage and the sacraments, Bardaisan and his disciples, Acts of Judas Thomas, and Hymn of the Soul. They were delivered in 1904 by Burkitt, then lecturer in paleography, at the University of Cambridge.
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1Table of contents
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I. THE EARLY BISHOPS OF EDESSA
- II. THE BIBLE IN SYRIAC
- III. EARLY SYRIAC THEOLOGY
- IV. MARRIAGE AND THE SACRAMENTS
- V. BARDAISAN AND HIS DISCIPLES
- VI. THE ACTS OF JUDAS THOMAS AND THE HYMN OF THE SOUL
- THE HYMN OF THE SOUL
- NOTE ON THE HYMN OF THE SOUL