Syriac Bible

[1816]

Shoults Ob 1800 B

[London: British and Foreign Bible Society]

The Bible was translated into Syriac in about the 2nd century AD. Its proliferation and dissemination was instrumental in the expansion of the Christian faith in the Middle East in the early part of the first millennium AD. This volume contains the New Testament only and is open at Luke, Chapter 9, verses 23-51. Syriac is read right to left and books are read from the back to the front. There are three distinct scripts in the Syriac language and this Bible is printed in the Serto script; different scripts were used in different regions of Syria. This edition of 1816 was edited by orientalist and polyglot, Samuel Lee (1783-1852).