The venerable work of Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Shabushti (d. c. 1000), “The Book of Monasteries,” has come to hold an acclaimed status among scholars of early Arabic Christianity. Thoroughly annotated and cross-referenced, this Arabic edition by George Awwad is more than simply a catalogue of monasteries, it is a view into the culture of early Christianity as it developed in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia.

The account of the Martyrs of Najran has hitherto been known only through the Greek and the Syriac textual tradition, but this book offers an analysis of the original Arabic account to provide information about the most important details, and for identifying the original text of the Arabic version. A comparative study of the contents and structure of the tragic events which took place in the South Arabian city of Najran as they were narrated in the Arabic recension contained in the MS Sinaitic Arabic 535.

Addai Scher, the last bishop of Siirt (Seert), here describes the collection of Syriac and Arabic manuscripts of the episcopal library there, a total of 136 codices in various genres.

Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani describes and defends the unique Christology of the Syrian Orthodox tradition and discusses the reasons for the split with the Chalcedonian tradition.