The Book of the Bees by Earnest A. Wallis Budge

The Book of the Bee is a collection of theological and historical texts compiled by Solomon of Akhlat in the thirteenth century, here in E. A. Wallis Budge’s edition.

Its 55 chapters range from the creation, heaven and earth, angels and paradise to biblical events, lists of kings and patriarchs, and the resurrection; this edition adds a historical essay on Catholic missions in Persia.