Meticulously assembled, this edition of The Story of Ahikar contains the Armenian, Old Turkish, Syriac, and Arabic versions of the story in their original source language with English translations.

F.C. Conybeare (1856-1924) was a British Orientalist, Fellow of University College, Oxford, and Professor of Theology at the University of Oxford. He was particularly noted for his attainments in Armenian and was a member of the Venetian Armenian Academy.

1. Introduction; 2. Slavonic translation; 3. Armenian translation; 4. Translation of Old Turkish text; 5. Translation of Old Turkish text; 6. Syriac translation; 7. Aethiopic translation; 8. Arabic translation; 9. Greek text; 10. Aramaic translation; 11. Fragments of the sayings and parables of Ahikar; 12. Introduction to the Armenian and Turkish texts; 13. Old Turkish text; 14. Armenian text; 15. Syriac text; 16. Arabic text.