Book of the Rays

Title

Book of the Rays

Creator

Bar Hebraeus

Date

1226-1286 AD

Description

"I thank You, God the Father, who brought me from non-existence into existence, and by Your grace have led me to the knowledge of Your greatness. From the depths of the voiceless, You raised me by Your Word, and to the heights of the spiritual ones You have exalted me. You have removed from me the impediment of the tongue and the stammering of speech, and You have multiplied perfect gifts upon me. You did not corrupt me with barbaric, pagan astrology, but instead brought me to the eloquent Syriac-Aramean nation.

Nature, worshipped by all powers; Power, who empowers all; Light, who illuminates all — You are glorified in Your oneness and exalted in Your Trinity by minds enlightened by the light of Your face, now and forever and ever."

Language

Syriac-Aramaic

Publisher

(Moberg, Axel, ed. and trans. Le Livre des Splendeurs: la grande grammaire de Grégoire Barhebraeus. Text syriaque édité d’après les manuscrits avec une introduction et des notes. Acta Regiae Societatis Humaniorum Litterarum Lundensis 4; Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup, 1922, p. 1)

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