Syriac Literature

Syriac literature is a collection of writings in Syriac, an eastern Aramaic Semitic language initially spoken in Edessa. Flourishing until the 7th-century Arab conquest, it then declined.|||Syriac manuscripts, the oldest dating from the 5th–6th centuries CE. About 20,000 Syriac texts existed into the modern era.|||From the 2nd century CE through the modern period. The " Golden Age" occurred between the 4th and 7th centuries.|||Various works are canonical in different Syriac Christian traditions.|||Syriac literature makes up an important body of literature from the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East. Almost exclusively Christian, it includes Bible translations, commentaries, hymns, and theological works.|||Brock, S. A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature. St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1997.|||Duval, R. La Littérature Syriaque. Lecoffre, 1907.|||Syriac Literature — Britannica|https://www.britannica.com/art/Syriac-literature|Scholarly overview.;; Syriac Literature — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_literature|Background and scholarly discussion.|||" Syriac literature is the literature of the Syriac-speaking churches." — (paraphrase)