I came across an interesting blog post today regarding
Abu’l Barakat, a medieval Arabic Christian. Abu’l Barakat devoted one of his works to listing all the Arabic Christian literature known to exist in the 13th century.
His list refers to stuff that no longer exists and tells us what undiscovered works might still be out there. It would be an important starting point for someone exploring patristic works in Arabic.
Hats off to blogger Roger Pearse (maker of the
Tertullian Project website) who recently commissioned the English translation of this work. The PDF can be found on Roger's blog at:
http://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/?p=3551or you can download it directly from this link:
http://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Abu-l-Barakats-Catalog-trans.pdf
