Cave of Treasures

An anonymous Syriac history of the world from the creation to the crucifixion, named from the cave in which Adam’s treasures were kept; the manuscripts put it under the name of Ephrem the Syrian, but it was written later.

6th century Syriac and the Church of the East The later Fathers 1 work

Writings

English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.

The Book of the Cave of Treasures (Budge translation) Older EnglishOCR text 3.4 h read

Most translations are the older ones in the public domain (mostly the nineteenth-century Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers); a few are modern translations shared under an open licence, with the translators credited on the work’s page. Square brackets and any Greek or Latin words are as the source prints them.