Title(s):
- Book of the main events
- ܟܬܒܐ ܕܪܫ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܕܙܒ̈ܢܐ(ktābā d-rēš mellē d-taš‘ītā d-‘ālmā d-zabnē, Book of the main events of the history of the temporal world)
- Rish Melle
Author:
Period covered:
Creation-author's time (686/687)
Language:
Syriac
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
- Sacred history
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Edition - Translation:
- S. Brock (1992) 'North Mesopotamia in the late seventh century: Book XV of John bar Penkāyē's Rīš Mellē'. In: Studies in Syriac Christianity, ed. S.P. Brock. Hampshire: II = Brock, S.P. (1987) 'North Mesopotamia in the late seventh century: book XV of John bar Penkāyē's Rīš Mellē'. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 9: 51-75 [English translation of book 15].
- A. Mingana (1908) Sources syriaques. Volume One, Part Two. Leipzig: 1-171.
- Y. Furman (2014) ‘Zeus, Artemis, Apollo: John Bar Penkāyē on ancient myths and cults’. Scrinium 10: 47-96.
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- Y. Furman (2014) ‘The Origins of the Temporal World: The First mē’mrā of the Kṯāḇā d-rēš mellē of John Bar Penkāyē’. Scrinium 10: 3-46.
- Y. Furman (2017) 'Божественный замысел в “Истории временного мира” Йōханнāна бар Пенкāйē, его помощники и противники'. Христианский Восток 8 [14]: 339-360.
- Y. Furman (2012) ‘Йоханнан Бар Пенкайе и его “История”: курьёзы интерпретаци имени автора и названия произведения'. Вестник РГГУ: Серия Востоковедение, Африканистика 20 [100]/12: 93-109.
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