Syrische Wechsellieder von Narses

In this volume, Feldman gives the Syriac text of eight dialogue poems (sogyatha) by Narsai together with a German translation. The poems, here printed in the East Syriac script, were edited from a Berlin manuscript. The poems are conversations between the following speakers: 1. Mary and the Magi; 2. The angel Gabriel and Mary; 3. John the Baptist and Jesus; 4. The crowd, John the Baptist, and Herod; 5. Cyril and Nestorius; 6. Cain and Abel; 7. The Pharisees and Jesus; and 8. The Persian King and some martyrs. Any readers interested in these biblical and church history topics, as well as students of Syriac literature in general, will find this unique volume worthy of study.Translated into German from Syriac