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Stories in Syriac Script: Tale of Ahiqar the Wise - Syriac Press

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BETH NAHRIN — The story of Ahiqar the Wise stands as one of the oldest narrative texts of the East, blending allegorical biography with literary wisdom. Originally composed in Aramaic in the fifth century BC, fragments were discovered on Egypt’s Elephantine Island before being translated into Syriac by monk Jacob of Urhoy (708 AD) from a version attributed to Mar Ephrem the Syriac.  The tale recounts the life of a sagacious royal advisor in the …
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SyriacPress broke the news in on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
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