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Syriac Chronicle

Asaph, the writer and historian of the Hebrews

Asaph seems to have been a significant Jewish writer and historian known at least from about the third century to the twelfth century. … Read the post Asaph, the writer and historian of the Hebrews

Queen of Sheba riddles Solomon about Indian medical knowledge

The Queen of Sheba’s political-intellectual challenge to King Solomon extended to encompass conflict between Greek and Indian medical knowledge. … Read the post Queen of Sheba riddles Solomon about Indian medical knowledge

political-natural records of Jesus in Syriac chronicle of Michael the Great

Patriarch Michael the Great’s 12th-century Syriac chronicle presented sequential events for fellow learned clerics to study and ponder Christian history. … Read the post political-natural records of Jesus in Syriac chronicle of Michael the Great