History of Mar Yahballaha and Three Other Patriarchs
Histoire de Mar-Jabalaha, de trois autres patriarches, d'un prêtre et de deux laïques nestoriens
Syriac
Anonymous early 14th century · published 1895
600 pages
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 1895 Syriac work edited by Paul Bedjan contains the 'History of Mar Yahballaha III' along with the histories of three other patriarchs (Mar Aba, Mar Denha, and Mar Ishoyahb). While the main text concerning Yahballaha III and Rabban Sauma was translated into English by James A. Montgomery (1927) and E.A. Wallis Budge (1928), these were partial translations of the 1895 volume's contents. No complete English translation of the entire collection of patriarchs' histories as presented in Bedjan's 1895 edition existed prior to this work.
Related translations found:
The History of Yaballaha III, Nestorian Patriarch, and of His Vicar, Bar Sauma, trans. James A. Montgomery (1927) [partial]
The Monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China, trans. E.A. Wallis Budge (1928) [partial]
History of Mar Yahballaha and Rabban Sauma, trans. Pier Giorgio Borbone (2021) [partial]
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This collection records the lives and trials of the leaders of the Church of the East. Readers encounter firsthand accounts of spiritual endurance, ecclesiastical politics, and the shifting fortunes of a minority faith in a tumultuous age.
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