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Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Of God's Eternal Intention in Respect of
the Creation of the Universe
Chapter 2 - Of the Creation of the Seven Natures
(Substances) in Silence
Chapter 3 - Of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire
Chapter 4 - Of Heaven
Chapter 5 - Of the Angels
Chapter 6 - Of Darkness
Chapter 7 - Of Effused (Circumambient) Light
Chapter 8 - Of the Firmament
Chapter 9 - Of the Creation of Trees and Plants, and
the Making of Seas and Rivers
Chapter 10 - Of the Making of the Luminaries
Chapter 11 - Of the Creation of Sea-Monsters, Fish,
Winged Fowl, and the Reptiles that are in the Seas
Chapter 12 - Of the Creation of Beasts and Animals
Chapter 13 - Of the Formation of Adam
Chapter 14 - Of the Making of Eve
Chapter 15 - Of Paradise
Chapter 16 - Of the Sin of Adam
Chapter 17 - Of the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from
Paradise
Chapter 18 - Of Adam's Knowing Eve
Chapter 19 - Of the Invention of the Instruments for
Working in Iron
Chapter 20 - Of Noah and the Flood
Chapter 21 - Of Melchizedek
Chapter 22 - Of the Generations of Noah
Chapter 23 - Of the Succession of Generations from the
Flood until Now
Chapter 24 - Of the Building of the Tower and the
Division of Tongues
Chapter 25 - Of Abraham
Chapter 26 - Of the Temptation of Job
Chapter 27 - Of the Blessings of Isaac
Chapter 28 - Of Joseph
Chapter 29 - Of Moses and the Children of Israel
Chapter 30 - The History of Moses' Rod
Chapter 31 - Of Joshua the Son of Nun, and Brief
Notices of the Years of the Judges and the Kings of the Children of Israel
Chapter 21 - Of the Death of the Prophets; How They
Died, and (Where) Each One of Them Was Buried
Chapter 33 - Of the Messianic Generations
Chapter 34 - Of the Annunciation of the Angel to
Yônâkîr (Joachim) in Respect of Mary
Chapter 35 - Of the Annunciation by Gabriel to Mary of
the Conception of Our Lord
Chapter 36 - Of the Birth of Our Lord in the Flesh
Chapter 37 - The Prophecy of Zârâdôsht Concerning
Our Lord
Chapter 38 - Of the Star which Appeared in the East on
the Day of the Birth of Our Lord
Chapter 39 - Of the Coming of the Magi from Persia
Chapter 40 - Of Our Lord's Going Down into Egypt
Chapter 41 - Of John the Baptist, and of the Baptism
of Our Lord
Chapter 42 - Of Our Lord's Fast; of the Strife which
He Waged with the Devil
Chapter 43 - Of the Passover of Our Lord
Chapter 44 - Of the Passion of Our Lord
Chapter 45 - Of the Resurrection of Our Lord
Chapter 46 - Of the Ascension of Our Lord to Heaven
Chapter 47 - Of the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon
the Apostles in the Upper Chamber
Chapter 48 - Of the Teaching of the Apostles, and of
the Places of Each One of Them, and of Their Deaths
Chapter 49 - The Names of the Apostles in Order
Chapter 50 - Of Some Minor Matters
Chapter 51 - The Names of the Eastern Catholics, the
Successors of the Apostles Addai and Mârî
Chapter 52 - The Names of the Kings Who Have Reigned
in the World from the Flood until Now
Chapter 53 - Of the End of Times and the Change of
Kingdoms
Chapter 54 - Of Gog and Magog, Who Are Imprisoned in
the North
Chapter 55 - Of the Coming of the Antichrist, the Son
of Perdition
Chapter 56 - Of Death and the Departure of the Soul
from the Body
Chapter 57 - Of the Quickening and the General
Resurrection, the Consummation of the Material World and the Beginning of the New World
Chapter 58 - Of the Manner and State in which Men
Will Rise in the Day of the Resurrection
Chapter 59 - Of the Happiness of the Righteous and
the Torment of Sinners, and in What State They Are There
Chapter 60 - Whether Mercy Will Be Shewn to Sinners
and the Devils in Gehenna, after They Have Been Tormented and Suffered and Been Punished,
or not? And if Mercy Is to Be Shewn to Them, When Will It Be?