This volume includes four poems by John Bar Ma`dani (d. 1263), former Patriarch of Antioch.

Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani provides a history of the monastery of Mor Gabriel, the oldest surviving monastery of the Syrian Orthodox tradition.

Philoxenos Dolabani provides a brief biographical introduction to Jacob of Serug, including a survey of his life and works.

In volume 2 of his Syriac Grammar, Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolbani introduces grammatical concepts for more advanced students. The book is organized into brief chapters that introduce new concepts, and each chapter includes questions and exercises.

Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani discusses the unique practice of the seven mysteries according to the Syrian Orthodox tradition: Baptism, Holy Unction, the Eucharist, Penitence, the Priesthood, Anointing of the Sick, and Marriage.

In volume 1 of his Syriac Grammar, Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolbani presents an introduction to the rules of Syriac grammar and pronunciation. The book is organized into brief chapters that introduce new concepts, and each chapter includes questions and exercises.

The present volume is the Syriac translation of the original Arabic work of Christian theology by Al-Kamus Michael Mina of Egypt.

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.

This work, written by an unnamed "teacher of the School of Edessa," provides an account of the persecution experienced by Christians under the Persian Empire.

This small book is an exposition of the mysteries (or sacraments) of the Syrian Orthodox Church by the eminent Philoxenos Dolabani. The mysteries discussed are: Baptism, the Myron, the Eucharist, penance, the priesthood, anointing the sick, and marriage.

This book is a collection of a number of small catalogues and hand-lists of manuscripts held in the possession of Syrian Orthodox churches, monasteries, and even individuals throughout the Middle East. The eminent scholar and bishop, Philoxenos Dolabani, carried out the enormous task of cataloguing and describing these little-known and difficult-to-access collections.

This book is a reproduction of Philoxenos Dolabani’s handwritten catalog of the manuscripts contained at Dayr al-Za‘faran. Dolabani was one of the greatest scholars of Syriac in the twentieth century and he made the catalogue while still a monk. This work, two volumes combined under one cover, is an important resource for all interested in Syriac and Christian Arabic.

This book is a reproduction of Philoxenos Dolabani’s handwritten catalogue of the Syriac, Karshuni, and Arabic manuscripts located in St. Mark’s Syrian Orthodox Monastery in Jerusalem, one of the most important Christian manuscript collections in the Middle East.