Chronicle of Arbela

Written in the sixth century (disputed), perhaps in Arbela (now Erbil, Iraq). The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

A history of the bishops of Adiabene from about 100 to about 550; some scholars think the text is a modern forgery.

History · first written in Syriac

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How we know the date and place

Date written not sure: Encyclopaedia Iranica, "Chronicle of Arbela", https://iranicaonline.org/articles/chronicle-of-arbela; introduction at https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/arbela_00_eintro.htm
Published by Mingana in 1907 under the name Mshiha-Zkha. Fiey called it a forgery; Brock and Kawerau accept an old core.
Place written not sure: Encyclopaedia Iranica, "Chronicle of Arbela", https://iranicaonline.org/articles/chronicle-of-arbela; introduction at https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/arbela_00_eintro.htm