A Commentary on the Whole Bible
- Title
- A Commentary on the Whole Bible
- Date
- 8th or 9th century AD
- Description
- "The Patriarch Joshua bin Nun said in the eighth century of Christ that the land was called Syria by king Suros who after killing his brother became king over Mesopotamia and all the countries subject to his rule were called Syria. The Syriacs were called Arameans in ancient times, but when the Arameans embraced Christianity they abandoned their ancient name and were called Syriacs. We know that the Aramean language in which Abraham spoke was the Syriac."
- Language
- Translated from Syriac to Arabic
- Publisher
- (Lum'a tarikhiyya fi fara'id al-adab al-suryaniyya, Boulos Assemani, p. 9)
- https://archive.org/
- Item sets
- Syriac = Aramean
