Selected Works of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, Rabbula of Edessa, Balai, and Others

badly damaged by age, it contains the same discourses on Divine Mercy as the two previous codices, but the title differs slightly: ܥܠ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ On the Fear of God. However, this title seems to be general rather than specific, as it appears continuously in the margins, encompassing a discourse on Simeon the Pharisee and the Sinner, a discourse on Our Lord and Simeon the Elder, and a treatise in the form of a dialogue between Ephrem and his Disciple.

X.

A codex in duodecimo format, produced by Ignatius of Mabbug modern: Manbij, Syria (as it seems) in A.D. 886, containing part of Ephrem’s treatise against Bardesanes.

XI.

A codex in large octavo format, with double columns and smaller lettering, written in the tenth or eleventh century, containing part of the treatise against Bardesanes.

XII.

A codex in octavo format, with double columns, elegantly written by an Edessene hand in the 7th or 8th century; it is very sparing with dots and often omits silent letters, containing almost the entire Testament of Ephrem. It is followed by an apocryphal book entitled the Testament of Adam. It should be noted that my text follows this codex; but since it is mutilated at the beginning, I have taken pages 139 original pagination in manuscript: 137 to page 140 original pagination in manuscript: 138, line 4: ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ upon the earth from No. 14582. Likewise, I supplied pages 150, line 22, to page 152, line 21, which are missing in this codex, from codex No. 14666.

XIII.

A codex in octavo format, completed in the year of the Greeks 1127 (A.D. 816), as we are informed on fol. 261 verso, containing the Testament of St. Ephrem. However, it does not strictly follow the words of the text, but uses a freer