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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

701–800

The Eighth Century

1 work

c. 700–724

Syriac

The Letters and Commentaries

George, Bishop of the Arab Tribes · d. 724

A bishop of the Arab tribes east of the Euphrates answering questions by letter — on the calendar, on Syriac grammar, on why the church made chrism, on Aristotle's categories — and completing Jacob of Edessa's unfinished Hexaemeron.

Miaphysite · LettersGenesisActs1 Corinthians