Arthur Vööbus presents here a study of charitable giving among the monks of the Syriac tradition and compares these practices with the monks of the Western tradition.
Relying on a comparison of Scripture citations in Rabbula’s translation of Cyril with the corresponding texts in the Syriac Peshitta, Arthur Vööbus argues that Rabbula of Edessa was not responsible for the creation of the Peshitta.
Arthur Vööbus presents a survey of four ascetic writings attributed to Ephrem the Syrian and compares them with aspects of undisputed works of Ephrem in order to determine their authenticity.
Working from the book of Genesis, Johannes Hänel provides examples of variations from the Masoretic text attested by both the Septuagint and Peshitta and attempts to provide an explanation for the complex relationship between these texts.
Joseph Holtzmann presents a study of the Peshitta version of the Book of Wisdom (Wisdom of Solomon) and compares the text with other versions in order to understand the relationship between them.