Poems for the Service of Months by Gaḇriēl of Bēṯ Slōḵ

Abstract This article examines poems by Gaḇriēl of Bēṯ Slōḵ (active late 16th cent.), which are part of the liturgical cycle of the Service of Months . They occure in several East Syrian manuscripts. Their critical text and translation are presented here for the first time. The poems under consideration are a characteristic example of East Syrian poetry from the Ottoman Empire period.