The Seventh century in the West-Syrian chronicles

introduced, translated and annotated by Andrew Palmer ; including two seventh-century Syriac apocalyptic texts, introduced, translated and annotated by Sebastian Brock ; with added annotation and an historical introduction by Robert Hoyland. Liverpool University Press. "Part One presents 12 texts written between 636 and 847, including date-lists, king-lists, anecdotal chronicles, inscriptions and a contemporary memorandum of the Arab conquest. Part Two contains a long extract from the Chronicle of AD 1234 with supplementary material from Michael the Syrian ... Part Three contains the last part of the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius and a related text from Edessa"--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. lix-lxiii) and index.