The book of the Cave of treasures a history of the patriarchs and the kings, their successors, from the creation to the crucifixion of Christ
Title:
The book of the Cave of treasures a history of the patriarchs and the kings, their successors, from the creation to the crucifixion of Christ
Author:
Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373, attributed name.
Uniform Title:
Maʻarrath gazzē.
Publication Information:
London : The Religious tract society, 1927.
Physical Description:
xvi, 319 pages : frontispiece, illustrations (including facsimiles), xv plates ; 22 cm
General Note:
"In the Syriac title the composition of the work is attributed to Ap<h>rêm Suryâyâ, i.e.; Ephrem Syrus, or Ephraim the Syrian, who ... died in [A.D.] 373, but it is now generally believed that the form in which we now have it is not older than the VIth century."--p. [xi]
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: The sources of the "Cave of treasures" and its contents. -- Translation of the Cave of treasures. -- Testamentum Adami. -- Supplementary translations. -- Abraham and the city of Ur. -- The excavations at Ur of the Chaldees.
Geographic Term:
Added Uniform Title:
Bible. Apocryphal books. English. 1927.
Format :
Book