The Book of the Bee 50 - 51

THE BOOK OF THE BEE

THE SYRIAC TEXT

EDITED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS IN LONDON, OXFORD, AND MUNICH

CHAPTER L.

OF SOME MINOR MATTERS.

THESE are they who were married among the apostles: Peter, the chief of the apostles; Philip the Evangelist; Paul; Nathaniel, who is Bartholomew; Labbaeus, who is Thaddaeus, who is Judah the son of Jacob; Simon the Cananite, who is Zelotes, who is Judah the son of Simon.

The child whom our Lord called and set (in the midst), and said, 'Except ye be converted, and become as children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven,' was Ignatius, who became patriarch of Antioch. He saw in a vision the angels ministering in two bands, and he ordained that (men) should minister in the church in like manner. After some time this order was broken through; and when Diodorus went with his father on an embassy to the land of Persia, and saw that they ministered in two bands, he came to Antioch his country, and re-established the custom of their ministering in two bands.

The children whom they brought near to our Lord, that He might lay His hand upon them and pray, were Timothy and Titus, and they were deemed worthy of the office of bishop.

The names of the Maries who are mentioned in the Gospels. Mary the Virgin, the mother of our Lord; Mary the wife of Joseph; Mary the mother of Cleopas and Joseph; Mary the wife of Peter, the mother of Mark the Evangelist; and Mary the sister of Lazarus. Some say that Mary the sinner is Mary of Magdala; but others do not agree with this, and say that she was other than the Magdalene. Those who say that she was the Magdalene tell us that she built herself a tower with the wages of fornication; and those who say that she was other than the Magdalene, say that Mary Magdalene was called after the name of her town Magdala, and that she was a pure and holy woman.

CHAPTER LI.

THE NAMES OF THE EASTERN CATHOLICS, THE SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES ADDAI AND M

1. Addai was buried in Edessa.

2. M(was buried) in the convent of K

3. Abr, called in Greek A(m)brosius; the place of his grave is unknown; he was of the laying on of hands of Antioch.

4. Abraham was of the laying on of hands of Antioch; he was descended from the family of Jacob the son of Joseph; his grave is in Ctesiphon.

5. James, of the laying on of hands of Antioch, was also of the family of Joseph the husband of Mary; his grave is in Ctesiphon.

6. Ahdabh was of the laying on of hands of Antioch; his grave is in Ctesiphon.

7. Shahlhwas of the laying on of hands of Ctesiphon, and he was buried there.

8. P his grave is at Ctesiphon.

9. Simon bar Sabbwas martyred at Shh.

10. Shah-dt was buried in Ctesiphon.

11. Bar-Be`esh-shem was martyred and buried in Elam (Khist).

12. Tarswas buried in Ctesiphon.

13. Kwas buried in Ctesiphon; he abdicated the patriarchate, and another was put in his place, and was before him until he died.

14. Isaac was buried in Ctesiphon.

15. Ahwas buried in Ctesiphon.

16. Yab-alwas of the school of M `Abd he was buried in Ctesiphon.

17. Ma`ndwelt in Persia and was buried there.

18. D-h was buried in Ht In his days the strife between Nestorius and Cyril (of Alexandria) took place.

19. B was martyred and buried in Ht

20. Akak (Acacius) was of the family of B the Catholicus; he was buried in al-Madn.

21. Bai took a wife, and was buried at Ctesiphon,

22. Shtook a wife, and was buried in his convent beside Aw

23. Paul was buried in Ctesiphon.

24. M(-abwas buried in Ht and was a martyr without bloodshed.

25. Ezekiel was buried in Ht

26. h-yab of Arz was buried in Ht

27. Sabr-h was buried in Ht

28. Gregory was buried in . . . . . .

29. h-yab of Gedwas buried in . . . . . .

30. M(-emm was buried in Ketiy(?).

31. h-yab of Adiabene was buried in Bh-`

32. George was buried in . . . . . .

33. John was buried in . . . . . .

34. Hen-h was buried in . . . . . .

35. Selzekhwas buried in Ctesiphon.

36. Pethi was buried in Ctesiphon.

37. M(-abwas buried in al-Madn.

38. Jacob was buried in . . . . . .

39. Hen-h was buried in . . . . . .

40. Timothy was buried in his own convent.

41. h (Joshua) the son of N (Nun) was buried in the convent of Timothy.

42. George was buried in the same convent.

43. Sabr-h was buried in the same convent.

44. Abraham was buried in the same convent.

45. Athanasius was buried in the same convent.

46. Sergius was buried in the same convent.

47. Anh (Enos) was buried in the same convent.

48. John the son of Narsai was buried in the Greek Palace (at Baghd).

49. Joannes was buried in the Greek Palace.

50. John was buried in the Greek Palace.

51. Abraham was buried in the convent of `Abd.

52. Emmanuel was buried in the Greek Palace.

53. Israel was buried in the Greek Palace.

54. `Abd-h was buried in the Greek Palace.

55. Mwas buried in the Greek Palace.

56. Joannes was buried in the Greek Palace.

57. John was buried in the Greek Palace.

58. h-yab was buried in the Grek Palace.

59. Elijah (El was buried in the Greek Palace.

60. John was buried in the Greek Palace.

61. Sabr-h was buried in the Greek Palace.

62. `Abd-h was buried in the Greek Palace.

63. Makkhwas buried in the Greek Palace.

64. Elijah (El was buried in the Greek Palace.

65. Bar-saumwas buried in the Greek Palace.

66. `Abd-h was buried . . . . . .

67. h-yab was buried in the church of M Sabr-h.

68. Elijah (El was buried in the church of M Sabr-h.

69. Yab-alwas buried in the church of Mt( Maryam (my lady Mary).

70. Sabr-h was buried in the church of Mt( Maryam.

71. Sabr-h was buried . . . . . .

72. (M Makkhwas buried . . . . . .

73. M Denhwas buried . . . . . .

74. M Yab-althe Turk was buried . . . . . .

75. M Timothy was buried . . . . . .

76. M Denhwas buried . . . . . .

77. M Simon was buried . . . . . .

78. M Elijah (El was buried . . . . . .

79. M Simon of our days, may he live for ever!)

The names of the Catholics who were deposed and dismissed (from office): M(-bht, Narsai, Elisha, Joseph and S.