Syrian treasure cave

The Syrian Treasure Cave is a collection of apocryphal writings from the early Syrian Church .

In the past, the script was assigned, among other things, to Ephrem as the author, today this is at least questionable. The main theme of the scriptures is an Adam-Christ typology , an outstanding part is the hexaemeron .

literature

• Carl Bezold : The Treasure Cave . 2 volumes, Hinrichsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1883, 1888 ( volume 1 )
• Paul Rießler: Old Jewish literature outside the Bible. Augsburg 1928, pp. 942-1013
• Alexander Toepel: The Adam and Seth legends in the Syrian book of the treasure cave: a source-critical investigation. Leuven 2006

Web link

Wikisource: The Treasure Cave in the translation by Paul Rießler  - sources and full texts