St. John Chrysostom was one of the most popular and influential Greek
Fathers in Syrian churches. His works began to be translated into Syriac
in the fifth century, after which they significantly impacted the shape of
Syriac exegetical, homiletical, dogmatic, and spiritual writing. These
volumes make available for the first time an edition of the Syriac text
and English translation of St. John Chrysostom’s Exegetical Homilies on
the Gospel of John, typically known in Syriac as Chrysostom’s Commentary
on John, Homilies (Mêmrê) 1–43. The text is edited on the basis of the
extant main manuscripts, from the 6th–8th centuries, in addition to
excerpts preserved in various collections. Introductions to the two
volumes explore the Syriac manuscript tradition, the origin and technique
of the translation, its value as a witness to the Greek text, the nature
of its many biblical citations, and the impact of the version on the
Syriac tradition. The volumes include an orthographical index and an index
of biblical citations.