John Chrysostom in the Oriental Languages

John Chrysostom left a substantial corpus of authentic writings. His systematic commentaries cover most of the Antiochene New Testament, and account for 485 homilies. Another 133 homilies were devoted to Genesis and Psalms. To this total of almost 620 homilies, one should add a plethora of other homilies, some treatises and more than 200 letters. Besides, beginning from the early fifth century, many spuria have been credited to him, totalling perhaps some 1500 works. Texts attributed to Chrysostom have been transmitted in ten linguistic areas. The article discusses Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Arabic, and Ethiopic situations.