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• Books
  

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• Articles
  

  BROOKS, S.P. The patriarch Paul of Antioch and the Alexandrine schism of 575. Byzantische Zeitschrift, 1930, 30, 468- 76.
  BUNDY, D.D. Jacob Baradeus: the state of research, a review of sources and a new approach, Le Muséon, 1978, 91, 45-86.
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  ---. The mysticism of John Saba. Orientalis Christiana Periodica, 1973, 39, 83-102.
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  DRIJVERS, H.J.W. Antony of Tagrit's book on the good providence of God. Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 1988, 236, 163-72.
  FIEY, J.M. Balad et le B�th `Arabay� Irakien. L'Orient Syrien, 1964, 9, 189-232.
  ---. L'�lam, la premi�re des m�tropoles ecclesiastiques syriennes orientales. Parole de l'Orient, 1970, 1, 123- 53.
  ---. M�die chr�tienne. Parole de l'Orient, 1970, 1, 357-84.
  ---. Proto-histoire chr�tienne du Hakkari turc. L'Orient Syrien, 1969, 9, 443-72.
  ---. Les provinces sud-caspiennes des �glises syriennes, Parole d'Orient, 1971, 2, 329-43.
  FREND, W.H.C. Severus of Antioch and the origins of the monophysite hierarchy. Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 1973, 195, 261-75.
  GRIFFITH, S.H. Dionysius bar Salibi on the Muslims. Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 1987, 229, 353-65.
  LANE, D.J. A Nestorian creed: the creed of Subhalmaran. Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 1988, 236, 155-62.
  MACOMBER, S.J. The theological synthesis of Cyrus of Edessa, an East Syrian theologian of the mid sixth century. Orientalia Christiana Periodica, 1964, 30, 5-38, 363-84.
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  ---. Notes on some non-Byzantine monasteries and churches in the east. Eastern Churches Review, 1970-1, 3, 50-8.
  ---. The Syrian Jacobites in the Holy City. Orientalia Suecana, 1963, 12, 60-82.
  MOOSA, M.I. Studies in Syriac literature. Muslim World, 1968, 58, 105-19, 194-217, 317-33.
  PALMER, A. Charting undercurrents in the history of the West- Syrian people: the resettlement of Byzantine Melitene after 934. Oriens Christianus, 1986, 70, 37-68.
  ---. Saints' lives with a difference: Elijah on John of Tella (d.538) and Joseph on Theodotos of Amida (d.698). Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 1987, 229, 203-16.
  ---. Sisters, fianc��s, wives and mothers of Syrian holy men. Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 1988, 236, 207-14.
  SCHRIER, O.J. Name and function of Jacob bar Shakko. Notes onthe history of the monastery of Mar Mattay. OrientaliaChristiana Analecta, 1988, 236, 207-14.
  SHERRY, E.J. The life and works of Joseph Hazzayâ. In: W.S.MCCULLOUGH, ed. The seed of wisdom: essays in honour of T.J.Meek. Toronto, 1964, pp.78-91.
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  WRIGHT, W. An ancient Syriac martyrology. Journal of Sacred Literature, 1866, 8, 423-32.

• Only partial use was made of the following, important large-scale reference works:
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  New Catholic Encylopedia, 15 vols. New York 1967.
  SMITH, W. and WACE, H. Dictionary of Christian biography, 4 vols. London 1877-87.
  FIEY, J.M. Assyrie chrétienne, 3 vols. Beirut, 1965-8.