The Syriac Version of John Chrysostom’s Commentary on John I. Memre 1-43: T.

St. John Chrysostom was one of the most popular and influential Greek

Fathers in Syrian churches. His works began to be translated into Syriac

in the fifth century, after which they significantly impacted the shape of

Syriac exegetical, homiletical, dogmatic, and spiritual writing. These

volumes make available for the first time an edition of the Syriac text

and English translation of St. John Chrysostom’s Exegetical Homilies on

the Gospel of John, typically known in Syriac as Chrysostom’s Commentary

on John, Homilies (Memre) 1-43. The text is edited on the basis of the

extant main manuscripts, from the 6th-8th centuries, in addition to

excerpts preserved in various collections. Introductions to the two

volumes explore the Syriac manuscript tradition, the origin and technique

of the translation, its value as a witness to the Greek text, the nature

of its many biblical citations, and the impact of the version on the

Syriac tradition. The volumes include an orthographical index and an index

of biblical citations.