Cave of Treasures
| Cave of Treasures ܡܥܪܬ ܓܙܐ | |
|---|---|
| British Library | |
French genealogy of Christ, cf. Book of the Cave of Treasure (from the Syriac MS Add 25875, British Museum), translated by E. W. Budge | |
| Type | Pseudepigrapha "rewritten Bible" |
| Date | 6th century |
| Place of origin | Upper Mesopotamia |
| Language | Syriac |
| Author(s) | Unknown; falsely attributed to Ephrem the Syrian |
| Contents | Syriac Christian retelling of biblical history and prefiguration of Christ, interweaving Jewish, Assyrian, and early Christian traditions with moral and liturgical teachings |
The Cave of Treasures (Syriac: ܡܥܪܬ ܓܙܐ, romanized: Maʿarraṯ ġazzē) is the title of an anonymous Syriac work of the 7th century that retells the story of the bible from the creation of Adam to the coming of Christ, seeing Adam and the patriarchs as prefigurations of Christ. It was enormously influential on later Syriac and Arabic works, including the Chronicle of Zuqnin, Michael the Syrian, and Barhebraeus.