Syriac Hymns: Madrasha, Memra re Kontakion

Syriac Literature:

• Christian Hymns: Syriac Madrasha and Memra re. the Greek Kontakion

• Greek Science, Medicine, Philosophy: via Syriac Christian Scholars into the Arabic World

Source Text:

Sebastian Brock: Introduction to Syriac Studies

Madrasha and Memra in Syriac Liturgical Poetry:

Syriac as a Bridge Culture
Syriac Christians writing in Baghdad
c. 850 AD:
the Arabic World receives Greek philosophy, medicine, science
via
Syriac Christian libraries and scholars



Syriac translations c. 1000 AD:
Greek, Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Sogdian, Middle Persian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Chinese:

The Scope of Syriac Literature:
3 Periods -- Patristic, Arabic, Modern
Christian and Sufi Mystics