Homélie de Narsès sur les trois Docteurs Nestoriens

In this work, originally published as two long articles in the Journal Asiatique, Martin offers the Syriac text, with French translation, of Narsai’s poem on the three doctors of the Church of the East: Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Nestorius. The text ends with a dialogue (sogitha) between Cyril of Alexandria and Nestorius. A brief introduction touches on Narsai’s life and works, as well as the style of this particular poem. The French translation is annotated, including biblical references. This text will be of interest to students of Syriac literature generally, as well as to readers who study the fifth century christological controversies and subsequent church history in the east.