More on that new Syriac (Arabic) world chronicle

SYRIAC WATCH (SORT OF): Alex Hourani’s translation of the latter half of the new “Maronite Chronicle of 713” now online! (Roger Pearse).

The discovery of a new Syriac Chronicle (in Arabic translation) and publication in Medieval Worlds 23 (2025), pp.155-167 by Adrian Pirtea caused Alex Hourani to upload a transcription, as I reported in my last post here.

The Chronicle is a new source for the early history of Islam, found in a manscript on Mount Sinai. The discovery highlights the importance of Christian Arabic literature, and the real need to fund more work on it.

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The post includes an extended excerpt of Hourani's new and improved translation. Hourani also wants to date the chronicle a little earlier than the previous dating.

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