Glossary
- Before the mountains were conceived quotation from the Old Testament book of Psalms, chapter 90, verse 2
- Book of Memorials a lost work by Isaac, bishop of Nineveh
- The children ought not to lay up treasures for the parents… quotation from the New Testament book of 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 14
- David the second king of the Israelites and founder of the royal line from which Christ descended
- Diodorus bishop of Tarsus and teacher of Theodore the Expositor
- Gehenna the place where children were sacrificed to the god Moloch
- I will dwell in them, and walk in them quotation from the New Testament book of 2 Corinthians, chapter 6, verse 16
- Isaac bishop of Nineveh in the latter half of the seventh century
- Know ye not that ye are the temple of God… quotation from the New Testament book of 1 Corinthians, chapter 3, verse 16
- Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place… quotation from the Old Testament book of Psalms, chapter 90, verse 1
- Mar in Syriac, “my lord,” a title of respect given...
