The Book of the Bee
Syriac Christian compendium (13th C)
Historical Interest
Christianity (The Bible Alone) · pseudepigrapha
The Book of the Bee
Syriac Christian compendium (13th C)
Language: SyriacEra: c. 1222 AD
Description
A 13th-century Nestorian Christian anthology by Solomon of Basra, gathering biblical and apocryphal legends.
Provenance
Syriac manuscripts. Wesleyan translation by E. A. Wallis Budge (1886).
Christian Assessment
Interesting church history, not Scripture. Handle with discernment.