THE CHRONICLE OF JOSHUA THE STYLITE Quotes

“Pray for the wretched Elisha, from the convent of Zuknin (near Amid), who wrote this leaf, that he may find grace like the thief on the right hand. Amen and Amen. May the |x mercy of the great God and our Redeemer Jesus Christ be upon the priest Mar Yeshua (Joshua) the stylite, from the convent of Zuknin, who wrote this Chronicle of the evil times that are past, and of the calamities and troubles which the (Persian) tyrant wrought among men.”
― Joshua the Stylite, THE CHRONICLE OF JOSHUA THE STYLITE

“According to Assemani, Bibl. Orient, t. ii, pp. 98, 99, it was written in the Nitrian desert when Moses of Nisibis was abbot of the convent of S. Mary Deipara, that is to say, between A.D. 907 and 944”
― Joshua the Stylite, THE CHRONICLE OF JOSHUA THE STYLITE

“The Old Testament and the Kor'an, |vii which are, of course, in many ways strikingly similar in their diction, can both be easily made ridiculous by turning them into our modern vernacular, particularly if we vulgarize with malice prepense.”
― Joshua the Stylite, THE CHRONICLE OF JOSHUA THE STYLITE