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• "Syriac-Speaking Christians: The Church of the East," ch. 23 of Wilken's The First Thousand Years

• Aphraates, fl. 337–345 (opens new windowabout)
  • first Syriac father
• Ephrem of Syria (Ephraem Syrus), c. 306–373
  • Hymns on the Nativity, the Epiphany, and the Crucifixion
  • Carmina Nisibena ("Songs of Nisibis")
• Maron, d. c. 410
• Ibas, d. 457
  • translated Theodore of Mopsuestia's commentaries
  • letter to Maris, c. 433
• Jacob, of Serug, 451–521.
• Rabbula, bishop of Edessa
  • translated Cyril's De recta fide ("Concerning the Correct Faith")
  • compiled revised Syriac version of the Four Gospels
• Narses, d. c. 503
• Severus of Antioch
  • non-Chalcedonian
• Jacob, of Edessa, ca. 640–708

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