Book of the Bee
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Italic title Template:Use shortened footnotes The Book of the Bee (Template:Langx) is a historiographic and theological compilation, containing numerous Biblical stories. It was written around 1222, by Solomon of Akhlat, who was Bishop of Basra, within the Church of the East. It is written in the Syriac language.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
The book is a collection of theological and historical texts and consists of 55 chapters discussing various topics including the creation, heaven and earth, the angels, darkness, paradise, Old Testament patriarchs, New Testament events, lists of kings and patriarchs, and the final day of resurrection. The book was very popular among local Christian communities, and it was transmitted up to the 19th century.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
The author, Solomon of Akhlat,Template:Sfn was a bishop of the Church of the East during the first half of the 13th century. He was a diocesan bishop of Basra, now in Iraq, and was present at the consecration of the Patriarch of the Church of the East, Sabrisho IV, in 1222.Template:Sfn He dedicated the book to his friend, bishop Narsai of Beth Waziq.Template:Sfn
The book was written in Syriac, a literary form of Eastern Middle Aramaic, and it was also translated into Arabic. The author held his native Syriac language in high regard and adopted the notion of some older authors that it was the oldest language.Template:Sfn
The book was translated into Latin and published in 1866, by Joseph Schönfelder (d. 1913).Template:Sfn In 1886, Syriac text was published with English translation, by British orientalist Ernest A. Wallis Budge (d. 1934).Template:Sfn
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