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- ↑ Arthur Lincoln Frothingham, “Stephen bar Sudaili, The Syrian Mystic and The Book of Hierotheos” Leiden: Brill, 1886 (Reprinted Eugene, OR: Wipf And Stock, 2010)
- ↑ Inge, William Ralph. Christian Mysticism, The Brampton Lectures, London: Methuen, 1899. p 102
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : McLean, Norman (1911). "Stephen Bar Sūdhailē". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 886–887.
