Gabriel Cardahi

This volume presents the (fully vocalized) Syriac text of ‘Abdisho‘ bar Brikha’s (d. 1318) Paradise of Eden, with every page abundantly annotated. Theodore Nöldeke’s review of the book is also included.

A historical dictionary between two Semitic languages, Cardahi’s Syriac-Arabic dictionary was among the first attempts to bring together the classical languages of Eastern Christianity and Islam. Consistently referred to by subsequent Arabists, this lexicon has become a well-known reference book.